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OnlineHost : On her first audition, Andrea thompson landed the lead in
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the quirky sci-fi comedy DOIN' TIME ON PLANET EARTH. After that, there
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was no stopping her. The stunningly attractive blone was featured in WALL
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STREET and DELIRIOUS, before landing the role of Genele Erickson on FALCON
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CREST. Recently, she has been a regular on BABYLON 5 as the Psi Corps
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Telepath Talia Winters.
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OnlineHost : Andrea was born in Dayton, Ohio, but at age six her family
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immigrated to Australia. She grew up one of four children raised in a
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very strict Catholic household. She graduated early from school and began
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five years of world wandering. She worked various odd jobs including
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modeling, as a parts runner and cook for a gold mine in Northern
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California, sailing and fishing in the Caribbean, Jamaica, and Grenada.
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Her other adventures took her to Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Rio and most
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OnlineHost : Settling in New York, Andrea pursued acting and studied with
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Uta Hagen and Warren Robertson before she was accepted into the Actors
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Studio. Andrea came to Los Angeles five years ago to start her film
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career. It was at this time that she landed the role in DOIN' TIME ON
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PLANET EARTH. Three years ago she met actor Jerry Doyle, also from
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BABYLON 5, and together they have a two year old son. Presently, Andrea
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has added producer to her credits and is developing several film features.
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HOL Live : I'm your hostess this evening, coming to you live from
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Hollywood Online in
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HOL Live : Santa Monica!! How ya doin, Andrea?
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Psi Andrea : Is it cocktail hour yet?
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HOL Live : Hehe.. I think we're in the midst of it. Let's start off
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with a question from ReelHtMan:
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Question : Andrea, do you know if Psi Corps will play a vital role in
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the season finale?
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Psi Andrea : Yes I know but you don't, and I'm not going to tell you!
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HOL Live : Here is one from Jhenslet:
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Question : What is the schedual like for shouting B5
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Psi Andrea : Like most TV schedules, very hectic. We shoot a show in 7
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days, and we shoot approx. 7 pages a day. If you compare that to film,
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where you shoot an average of 2 pages a day you get an idea of the kind of
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pace. It's hardest of all for crew members. The actors get sort of a
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break, the crew members have to be there all the time.
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Question : Where did you disappear to? Your character hasn't been around
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for a few months (not counting reruns).
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Psi Andrea : Well, I want to think up somthing really clever, instead of
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saying they haven't written... anything for me. How about this: I've
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been having a mad, passionate affair with Bester!
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HOL Live : Here is a question from Brando567:
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Question : What do you do on your spare time?
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Psi Andrea : I read a lot. Anything I can get my hands on. I garden.
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I'm a gourmet cook. I also scuba-dive, sail, water-ski, horse-back ride.
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I love to hike and camp. And my all-time favorite is spending time with
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my son and my guy!
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Question : Are you planning any more episodes with the techno mages?
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Psi Andrea : No - I wasn't in that episode. But maybe Joe is (JMichael
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Straczynski, the head writer - the Big Cheese!)
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HOL Live : Joel 1234 asks:
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Question : Do you really like science fiction or is it only a job?
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Psi Andrea : Both.
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Question : What's it like working on the set with your fiancee, Jerry
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Doyle?
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Psi Andrea : It's tough getting out of his trailor at lunch time.
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HOL Live : Here's one from SophieFilm:
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Question : Is it true that you're having a same sex affair on this
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season's Babylon 5?
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Psi Andrea : Oh several! Where have you been, dahling?
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HOL Live : Here is one form Booperz:
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Question : What do you find to be the most challenging thing about your
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Babylon 5 role?
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Psi Andrea : Walking in those tight skirts.
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HOL Live : Here's a follow-up from GriffithC:
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Question : Did you have any input in your 1940s style costuming; almost
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a Veronica Lake look?
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Psi Andrea : Yeah - don't you love it! But I had nothing to do with it.
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The genius behind wardrobe is Ann Bruce. Not only did she create my
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costume but she creates dozens of new costumes every week.
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HOL Live : Here is a question from EarlD8765:
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Question : The intro to this year's episodes talks about another war and
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it appears that it is leading up to this. Will we see battles this
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season?
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Psi Andrea : Without giving away too much, yes!
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HOL Live : Here's one from Bookworm2:
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Question : Do You find this role interesting or pretty simple to play
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Psi Andrea : I find this role endlessly interesting. JMS has given me a
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fantastic opportunity as an actress. My role is bound only by my
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imagination. And fortunately the produces are very open to new ideas and
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different interpretations. Going to work is like going to a playground
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for me. It's very stimulating. I'm having a ball!
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HOL Live : Here is one from Ku Teke:
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Question : How would you like to see your character evolve, Andrea?
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Psi Andrea : For 2 years now... Talia has been mostly a watcher, an
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observer... I'd like to see more of what she thinks and feels. Talia is so
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bound by the strictures of Psi Corps. that she often cannot act as her
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heart would dictate. I'd love to see her have a completely mad moment.
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It's the science fiction version of the nervous breakdown.
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Question : Does the cast know most of the story arc already or are you
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all surprised by what happens?
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Psi Andrea : None of us know any of the story arc. Occasionally, JMS
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will come by during lunch and drop a bomb like "the same-sex love affair,"
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which got it's start in that manner.
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HOL Live : Here is a question from Just Beco:
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Question : Thank-you for bing here. Would you mind telling us how you
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and Jerry met?
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Psi Andrea : At a bar. It was a birthday party for a friend. He bought
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HOL Live : Here is one from Hyboria:
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Question : How did you get the job?
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Psi Andrea : The old fashioned way...I earned it!
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Question : I love your character, do you have any latent telepathy
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yourself?
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Psi Andrea : I knew you were going to ask that question...
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HOL Live : Here is one from Kdubose77:
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Question : Hi there, Andrea. Greetings from Arlington, VA. Do you
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think Ivanova will be warming up to Talia any more than what we, the
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audience, have already seen thus far.
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Psi Andrea : Stay tuned...!
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HOL Live : Here is one from Dashripro:
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Question : The cast of B5 seem like they would be a lot of fun to work
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with...are they?
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Psi Andrea : Yeah. They're a great group of people, talented actors.
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Thorough professionals.
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Question : is there ever any kind of physical danger involved while
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shooting?
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Psi Andrea : Sure - you could fall in love with an actor <g>. But, no.
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Not usually. Producers try to avoid dangers at all cost to their actors.
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HOL Live : Here is one from Ears also:
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Question : Do you see a long running for B-5?
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Psi Andrea : According to JMS, it's only 5 years. And that's it!
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Question : Are you able to tell us if we will see anymore of the Evil
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Spider Race Warriors?
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Psi Andrea : Yes, I do believe they'll be playing a large part in the
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future...
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Question : Do you know if there are any plans in the works for your
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character to develop a deeper relationship with Garibaldi?
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Psi Andrea : We felt we were heading in that direction for a while but
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nothing was consumated. Lets hope so!
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Psi Andrea : The PSI Corps was originally formed to protect normal human
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kept away from the population at large. Society's outcasts. Over time,
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they've developed into a very powerful quasi-militaristic organization.
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With an agenda all their own!
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they are good or bad guys?
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Psi Andrea : You're going to find out.
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Zena. Alas, I'm nothing like her physically. But it would be great. - to
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telekinetic ability in future episodes?
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presented, only one in 10,000 telepaths has telekinetic ability and most
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Question : Do you plan in being in any more movies or just staying with
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Psi Andrea : Both.
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what Garabaldi feels about his dad came from Jerry's life. Without
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getting too personal, what can you tell us about Talia's depth of
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character is borrowed from your life?
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invasion of their privacy.
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Question : Since you are not in every episode, how far in advance do you
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know when you shoot episode? I don't.
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Question : Besides Talia, who is your favorite B5 character?
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as well as ambasador Londa Mollari.
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Question : Andrea, will we find out more about the "gift" that Jason
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Ironheart gave Talia?
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Psi Andrea : Most definitely, but I don't want to spoil you fun. :-)
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in PSI Corp?
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Psi Andrea : She's had it since she was a little girl.
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HOL Live : Here is a comment from BriMcGjrn:
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Comment : I just wanted to say that you were the hottest actress on
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Babylon 5... :) Just had to say that. Wanna get married? Oh no, I
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forgot - I'm marrying Jerry next week. ;-)
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Question : Do you think Talia will become more outgoing now that she has
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some heavy second thoughts about life with Psycorp? Maybe being more
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socialable with the B5 crew instead of all business.
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Psi Andrea : So you want to see Talia cut loose, eh? I'm with you. I'd
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this true?
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Psi Andrea : Good things come to those who wait... ;-)
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Question : Talia what got you in this buisness?
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that, if I could be only a fraction as good as she was that I would be
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happy for the rest of my life.
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something as exciting as Babylon 5. When I saw the first episode, last
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year, I was seeing the special effects for the very 1st time just like you
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were. It was thrilling. Like being 5 all over again.
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HOL Live : Here is one from MerrickB:
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Question : What is your/Talia's feelings regarding Bureau 13 -
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discovery of the "deceased" telepath?
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Psi Andrea : Outwardly, Talia is the same as always. Loyal to the Corps.
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Inwardly, she has many fears and reservations. To express these, within
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the Corps, could mean death.
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HOL Live : Here is one from Kdubose77:
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Question : Have read either of the B5 books? You know, the first one,
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Voices, is very much a Talia story.
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Psi Andrea : Yes, I did read Voices. And enjoyed it very much.
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HOL Live : Here is one from JJMAYER:
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Psi Andrea : Definitely. And isn't he good at it. At playing such an
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evil character.
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you play as time goes on?
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Psi Andrea : Oh yeah, it's a big pitfall. Sometimes, when I'm playing a
|
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character who's dark. I'll begin to take on depressing characteristics.
|
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So, wild characters, wilder impulses. Every once in a while, I have to
|
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remind myself, this is just my job - don't get to carried away. I find it
|
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self-indulgent.
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Question : How long does it take to make an episode?
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Psi Andrea : 7 days. Of filming. Post, another week.
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Question : Will there be a spinoff of b5
|
||||||
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Psi Andrea : I don't know.
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Question : How did you start your career in acting?
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Psi Andrea : In New York City, I went and did the usual cliche' waited
|
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tables and went to acting school.
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Question : Do you ever read any Pournelle or Niven or any other Sci fi
|
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writers?
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||||||
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Psi Andrea : I recently finished a book by David Brin, called Post Man.
|
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I found it extremely interesting, and quite chilling in light of the
|
||||||
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recent tragedy in Oaklahoma City.
|
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Question : Is there a good possibility that Talia is a double agent for
|
||||||
|
PSI Corps?
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||||||
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Psi Andrea : Ya never know.
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HOL Live : Andrea - You've been a wonderful guest! Is this your first
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venture into cyberspace? And will you come back on again for us?
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Psi Andrea : Thank you! Yes, I was a cyber-virgin until this evening.
|
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And I'd love to come back! Keep tuning in!
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HOL Live : Do you have any closing comments for our audience?
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Psi Andrea : Good night America.
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Library within 24 hours!
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|
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the next film from Trimark Pictures! In addition, see the new "Rob Roy"
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interactive kit available under the NEW MOVIE icon. Goodnight, America!
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Date: 96-04-02 01:34:32 EST
|
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From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
{What episode would be best to bring new peoplein to watch the show?}
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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I strongly suggest you try this week's episode, "Severed Dreams." I showed
|
||||||
|
it at a small con/fan gathering here in LA on Saturday, before the uplink,
|
||||||
|
and there were several folks there who hadn't seen or been moved to check out
|
||||||
|
B5...and by the time it was over, they'd turned around.
|
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|
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jms
|
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:To JMS:RE: The One
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-01 18:37:46 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
No, the Triluminaries are simply not that important. This isn't a story
|
||||||
|
about a mcguffin, a thing that has to be acquired or protected or regained;
|
||||||
|
also isn't a quest story. If you look at any work of an epic, mythic or
|
||||||
|
saga-based construction, certain elements are universal. Those themes show
|
||||||
|
up in all such sagas...if you look for any kind of real story correlation
|
||||||
|
between B5 and LoTR you won't find them. They're not in any way parallels.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Keep up the RAD Work!
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-01 18:39:24 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The show will eventually be stripped daily on TNT when the show's finished.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Previews
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-01 18:43:36 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I don't know what the situation is, but will inquire.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Dolby Stereo
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-01 18:45:01 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Hrmm...usually we're pretty good about that stuff...I know there was *so
|
||||||
|
much* audio we were mixing for "Dreams" that that one element may have been
|
||||||
|
placed center simply because we were so busy with everything else that it
|
||||||
|
didn't get noticed.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Kung Fu, The Legend Ends
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-01 18:46:02 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I haven't heard anything more on this, but would doubt that we'd end up on
|
||||||
|
the WB network because of jurisdictional considerations.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Insane?
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-01 18:46:57 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
That depends on how you define "the real thing." Check back with me after
|
||||||
|
the next 2 episodes.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Life force...
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-01 18:48:25 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
No, I wouldn't say there's a corrolation to life force and the shadow ships;
|
||||||
|
they need a living organism as the central processing unit because an organic
|
||||||
|
unit can think faster than most computer systems, and react faster in terms
|
||||||
|
of formulating strategy and the like.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:ATTN JMS: Extra
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-01 18:49:24 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
You need to be a member of the Screen Actors Guild, belong to Central
|
||||||
|
Casting, and be on their lists for extras.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Minbari friend quote
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-02 01:31:26 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Hrmm...I'd have to drag out the script for that, and it's tucked away in
|
||||||
|
storage. Will try to drag it out when I get a chance.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Gun camera
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-02 01:32:45 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The images continued to be broadcast to the distress probe after it was
|
||||||
|
jettisoned. The ISN team mentioned on-air they were attracted to the
|
||||||
|
time-delay distress beacon on the probe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS: Headline in New Sci
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-02 01:33:12 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I think the case is greatly overstated.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS - WOW! - and a ?
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-03 02:25:37 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
{What type of guns are used on B5, and how do they function?}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The guns are Phased Plasma Guns, PPGs, which fire superheated helium bursts
|
||||||
|
(in limited amounts, you have to swap out energy caps after a fairly brief
|
||||||
|
period) rather than slugs to avoid puncturing the hull.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:SD: Author! Author!
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-03 02:26:38 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
{Severed Dreams was the best episode to date}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
James: thanks...I'm just endlessly pleased by the reaction to this episode;
|
||||||
|
we worked *awfully* hard on it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:SEVERED DREAMS
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-04 01:18:32 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
{When will there be models for purchase?}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Nothing's been firmed up yet about models that I know about; soonish, though.
|
||||||
|
And thanks.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Next episodes
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-04 01:18:59 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
You'll have new episodes all through April and May.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Next episodes
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-04 01:20:02 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Oh, I've got plenty of ideas for other shows after B5...just don't know if I
|
||||||
|
want to do them; if I'd've said all I want to say for TV in B5. It's very
|
||||||
|
tempting to go back to writing novels and plays.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Hyperspace vs.Normal Spa
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-04 01:21:26 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Once in hyperspace, you can ride the navigational beams between beacons
|
||||||
|
(narrow beam stuff, to cut through the interference, as noted in "Distant
|
||||||
|
Star"), and by corrolating the beacons, know where you have to come out.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:PPGs
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-04 01:22:15 EST
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
{How many shots to an energy cap?}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I'll have to check my notes, but I seem to recall you get about 12 PPG shots
|
||||||
|
to a standard cap, with some recharge time. A PPG rifle gets about 20-25
|
||||||
|
shots, with faster recharge.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Technical Manual?
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:29:12 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Thanks. Eventually we'll do a tech manual, but probably not until after the
|
||||||
|
show has run its course.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Getting the word out
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:30:32 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
A lot of local promotions is done by the stations, with co-op funding from
|
||||||
|
WB, so they all get to determine how it's done individually.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:SD and cold chills
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:31:36 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Thanks. Those are rank insignia on the epaulets; and G'Kar's always been
|
||||||
|
pretty strong.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:what Susan said...
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:33:08 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Yes, I do know what you mean, and you're welcome.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
No, as far as I know, no one from B5 will be at the big Creation con since
|
||||||
|
it's a ST con.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Severed Dreams
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:34:00 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
No, her exact line was, "No human captain has ever survived battle with a
|
||||||
|
Minbari fleet." Sinclair wasn't a captain.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
And thanks.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Twilight Zone
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:35:21 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I think you're primarily speaking of the CBS version; I did only one script
|
||||||
|
for that version, and then 10 for the syndicated version. "By His
|
||||||
|
Bootstraps," I understand, was too expensive to film.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:DirecTV?
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:36:12 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Thanks, and no, there are no plans for not for any WB stuff on DTV that I
|
||||||
|
know of.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:INCREDIBLE!
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:36:46 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The third caste is the Worker caste.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS: Severed Dreeams/Mira
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:37:53 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We found Mira through the casting process, when she came in along with many
|
||||||
|
others. And we've been happy ever after that she did.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Speechless!
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-08 04:40:02 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The best thing to do is mail your local station and show your support there.
|
||||||
|
And thanks....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:SD Questions
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-09 04:35:32 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Why was it impossible to jump into hyperspace (in the beginning of the show)
|
||||||
|
and not take the Starfuries with the ship? We've seen it done before."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
No, I don't believe so. You've seen a jump GATE used, but that's different
|
||||||
|
from a jump POINT which basically closes right behind the ship like a rabbit
|
||||||
|
pulling its hole in after it. If the ships stayed behind to protect its
|
||||||
|
rear, they'd be left behind. Ships coming out of a jump point into normal
|
||||||
|
space sometimes will let their fighters zip out AS they're coming out,
|
||||||
|
alongside the main ship.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:B5 Merchandising?
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-09 04:36:41 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
1) ALL of the B5 models currently being advertised are 100% illegal and
|
||||||
|
unauthorized, and we are taking aggressive legal steps to shut them down.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
2) There will be a B5 RPG out sometime late this year/early next year.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
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Subj: Re:2 parter Title Change?
|
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|
Date: 96-04-09 04:37:14 EDT
|
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|
From: Jms at B5
|
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|
|
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|
"Wasn't the upcoming 2 parter once entitled "World Without End" instead of
|
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|
"War Without End?""
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|
Nope.
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jms
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|
Subj: Re:JMS: SD, All Alone / Nigh
|
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|
Date: 96-04-09 04:38:58 EDT
|
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|
From: Jms at B5
|
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|
||||||
|
"Hmmmm....I'm not really sure I want to know the answer to this...."
|
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|
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|
Darn, and I was just about to spill the beans...ah, well....never mind.
|
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|
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|
jms
|
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|
Subj: Re:JMS:RE:Grey Council & Duk
|
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|
Date: 96-04-09 04:40:41 EDT
|
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|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Why was the Grey Council always to be found on a cruiser? Were they ever
|
||||||
|
located on Minbar itself? Or was the cruiser orbiting Minbar? Was it for
|
||||||
|
their protection, or secrecy? Or has this already been answered?"
|
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|
|
||||||
|
We've hinted at it...the Grey Council always stays on its ship, being part of
|
||||||
|
the universe, giving it an exotic, distant feel for its people...as though
|
||||||
|
among the gods.
|
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|
jms
|
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||||||
|
Subj: Re:SD:How did Delenn know?
|
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|
Date: 96-04-09 04:44:47 EDT
|
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|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
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|
She already knew that civil war had broken out between EA ships and forces,
|
||||||
|
and that B5 had already faced one takeover bid, and that whether or not it
|
||||||
|
happened today or the next day, it was definitely coming. That was
|
||||||
|
unmistakeable. Also, bear in mind that Lennier stayed behind. She would
|
||||||
|
have checked in with him en route and found out what was going on, or picked
|
||||||
|
up the radio broadcasts of the battle in progress. I could've shown this,
|
||||||
|
but that would''ve blown the surprise of her arrival.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
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|
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|
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|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:ATT JMS: Renewal situatio
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-09 04:45:46 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I responded in both forums. I doubt any such memo exists. And nothing has
|
||||||
|
been said.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS-Morden & Videos Quest
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-09 19:55:37 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Folks have already tried writing WB to change their minds about videos;
|
||||||
|
hasn't worked. We're working at it from this end.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:The rim of known space
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-22 22:43:20 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Who's behind the shadows? Nobody. The shadows are the shadows (though
|
||||||
|
that's not the name by which they call themselves), a race of their own.
|
||||||
|
Question is, why are they doing what they're doing?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
You'll find out by season's end.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:If I were Sherridan:I wou
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-23 03:11:40 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"I would round up all the destroyed EA/centauri/narin hulls/ships I could
|
||||||
|
find.(Especially the burned out Agrippa) to intimidate others who come with
|
||||||
|
hostile intent. Also it would serve as a parts depot."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
What's there are burned, blackened husks, which you do NOT want floating
|
||||||
|
around as they become hideous dangers to navigation, and the "spare parts"
|
||||||
|
would eventually start banging into your station, hitting incoming ships and
|
||||||
|
starfuries. What can be salvaged, has been.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"I would construtively use my communication command athourity to send letters
|
||||||
|
to the families of the dead."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
EA has cut off access to Earth; they don't want Sheridan getting information
|
||||||
|
from back home, or relaying instructions to forces there.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"I would rig the jump gate to explode on my command."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Good idea; cut off the only means of escape for the quarter million people
|
||||||
|
there who don't have jump capable ships. You won't stop an invasion by
|
||||||
|
hostile ships which can make their own jump points, you just end up killing
|
||||||
|
all your civilians.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Make a deal with Drall on the defences, and learn of all his capabilities
|
||||||
|
also the Minbari's."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This is already in process, as has been established.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Arrange an accident to happen to one of the shadow creatures on board and
|
||||||
|
get it to Dr. Franklin or Drall."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
You have to find them first.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Start a propagada campaign against Clark."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Better to tell the truth. And, again, home-communications are down.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Unite the renegade ships and offer a home to the missing Narin ship."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This is an obvious step already in process.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Have the Minbari make a clone of Morden."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
They don't have that technology.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Start a spy network."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
They're doing all they can to get info.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Start propaganda working the non-aligned worlds."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
See above.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Get some answers from Kosh or kill him(information is everything)."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Yessir, that'll work out great. The vorlons are important to winning this;
|
||||||
|
let's torture or kill their ambassador, REAL good idea.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Have Lyta scan all the crew members for spyes and loyalties."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
When you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy. This would be
|
||||||
|
a Bad Thing.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Move the minbari ships out of sight(behind the planet)."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Another good idea; let's put them where they have to come all the way around
|
||||||
|
the planet, by which time B5 is a burned cinder.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Start gathering intelegence on the shadows ships. How many, were are they
|
||||||
|
made, how long to make"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Where would you get that information? The only real source is on Z'ha'dum.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Basically, everything that can be done, *is* being done. But people have to
|
||||||
|
have some moments to live, or there's nothing worth fighting for. And
|
||||||
|
sometimes a relationship can remind us what we're fighting for.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS: Harlan Ellison
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-23 03:12:09 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Harlan's doing much better; up and around and walking and in general in great
|
||||||
|
spirits.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Status reports
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-23 23:37:47 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"So, JMS... how are *you* doing through all this (Harlan, renewal, season's
|
||||||
|
end, taxes, etc.)."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I'M FINE! ABSOLUTELY FINE! COULDN'T BE BETTER! I'VE ALWAYS WORN A RABBIT
|
||||||
|
ON MY HEAD! IT'S A FASHION THING, OKAY? I'M FINE! YOU HEAR ME? FINE!!!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jm(thud)s
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:In A Glass, Darkly
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-23 23:40:37 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Yes, there's a certain Jungian influence in the shadows, in that the shadow
|
||||||
|
as Jung referred to it was unbridled want, unbridled need, and that's what
|
||||||
|
they appeal to.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS: A few questions
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-23 23:43:42 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Thanks. As far as visual EFX, animators and visual artists are
|
||||||
|
concerned...it's a world apart, one I barely understand. I don't know what's
|
||||||
|
really required or designed to hep succeed...though I suspect the ability to
|
||||||
|
converse freely with squirrels is partly involved. I couldn't advise you on
|
||||||
|
this and have that advice mean much of anything, I'm afraid.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
For the rest, I can only offer my thanks.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS - Battle of Camlan
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-25 00:28:41 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I dug through a number of recent Arthurian texts, and that date come out the
|
||||||
|
most often; I've heard the other date, which was about 20 years later, but
|
||||||
|
the one most often used is the 515 date, at least in what I researched.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Wide-screen and fan club.
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-25 00:30:36 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I believe that France will be showing S3 in widescreen, and the episodes are
|
||||||
|
being transferred to that format even as we speak.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Hugo
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-25 00:31:18 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I wasn't given the vote counts, but it was my understanding that "Coming of
|
||||||
|
Shadows" had received the larger number of vote counts.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:question
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-25 03:46:44 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The cold, hard and rather ruthless answer is...if you're not sure, if it's
|
||||||
|
just something you're kinda thinking about...don't do it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The only ones who have a chance of making it as writers are those who can't
|
||||||
|
*not* write.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"I am trying to find out what I can do with my life and writing sound like
|
||||||
|
fun." It's not fun, as you mean it. It's agony. It's the hardest thing I
|
||||||
|
do. It takes *years* of work, every single day, day in and day out, before
|
||||||
|
you get any good at it at all. It takes suffering and pain and paying your
|
||||||
|
dues and fighting every single day first to prove you have talen to yourself,
|
||||||
|
then to prove it to others, then to finally begin making a living at it.
|
||||||
|
It's not a case of, "Well, look over there, *that* looks interesting, maybe
|
||||||
|
I'll do that."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Either being a writer means everything to you, or it doesn't. If it doesn't,
|
||||||
|
you shouldn't do it. It's not a question of knowing "what you want to do."
|
||||||
|
You *know* it. It's just a matter of the will and strength required to *do*
|
||||||
|
it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Unless that describes you...try something else.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Earth history and B5
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-25 03:51:37 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"What period of history interests you the most?"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
All of them, really, for different reasons. The Middle Ages, the Victorian
|
||||||
|
period, the Renaissance, pre- and post-numerical wars and a time in which we
|
||||||
|
didn't have to number them...the present, the cruellest half of the cruellest
|
||||||
|
century...right down to the earliest civilizations. We can learn something
|
||||||
|
from all of them.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS-What a great guy!
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-18 04:35:14 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Gordon: thanks. As for the promos...the usual time allocated for B5 promos
|
||||||
|
was taken by the contest, which ends this week. The promos will return
|
||||||
|
shortly.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Severed Dreams
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-18 04:37:26 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Basically, the Marines burned through the outer hull, moved into the inner
|
||||||
|
hull (like any good vessel, this one is double hulled), then came up at a
|
||||||
|
right angle, looking for a good wall to come through. You *don't* want to
|
||||||
|
come up through the floor, because then you have to climb out one or two at a
|
||||||
|
time, which makes you a sitting duck. Better to move off a few feet, and
|
||||||
|
come up via a section between walls and blow your way through so you can come
|
||||||
|
out en masse.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS' Story
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-27 04:33:11 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The other thing to bear in mind about all this is the question of a "clean
|
||||||
|
fight." If Sheridan were to bring in alien forces at his order to kill
|
||||||
|
humans, it would pretty much destroy his credibility. Delenn came in at the
|
||||||
|
end but only after he'd made his stand on his own.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
One of the things that kicked off the French Revolution was the allegation
|
||||||
|
that the King had brought in or was bringing in Prussian troops to help put
|
||||||
|
down dissenters. As long as it was all more or less in the family, that was
|
||||||
|
one thing...but to bring in outsiders was an absolute affront to them. (One
|
||||||
|
of the singular incidents that started the fighting itself was a group of
|
||||||
|
Prussian soldiers sighted sitting in a cafe having lunch, which caused this
|
||||||
|
rumor about outsiders coming in to spread like wildfire, and led to the some
|
||||||
|
of the first major incidents of rioting.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Two brothers may fight one another, but let a third unrelated person come in
|
||||||
|
and shove one of the brothers around, and they'll *both* turn on him.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
During the worst days of the civil war, even Lincoln was offered assistance
|
||||||
|
in troops from at least one other country; he declined, because it was an
|
||||||
|
internal matter, and had to be resolved by those involved, not outsiders.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Sheridan's logic was exactly the same. It had to be a clean fight.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Questions Ad Infinitum
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-27 04:34:31 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
No, Londo and the bugs had nothing to do with any notions about the Shadows.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Sheridan is a war historian, with his main interests in the civil war, where
|
||||||
|
one of his ancestors fought. He's very big on Lincoln.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Guest on Season Finale
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-27 04:35:16 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Melissa is in two episodes; light in one, heavy in the other.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Avalon references
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-27 04:36:36 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Yes, there were several books I consulted about this...unfortunately, they're
|
||||||
|
nowhere near at hand, so I can't drag out the names just now. I'll try to
|
||||||
|
remember to drag them out soonish.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:JMS: 4 questions
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-04-27 04:39:25 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
1. What gave you the idea to create a show with a time line?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I wanted to do a saga; sagas take time to tell. The Lensman books, the
|
||||||
|
Foundation books, Dune, others...they can take from a few years to hundreds
|
||||||
|
of years to tell. (I love "A Canticle for Liebowitz," which compresses an
|
||||||
|
amazing timeline into one volume.) Doing decades worth of story would be
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impossible for TV's format, but a one-to-one year-to-season structure was
|
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do-able.
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2. What were some of your first ideas for this series?
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I don't quite understand the question.
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3. How good of a chance does B5 have for being renewed?
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50/50.
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4. How is Harlan Ellison doing?
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Much, much better.
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Subj: Re:writing a wild ride!
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Date: 96-04-27 04:41:35 EDT
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From: Jms at B5
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|
I write pretty much all the time, day or night. I prefer night writing
|
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because the phone rings less often, and I can blow through a lot of work
|
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without interruption. Lately, though, I find that I do get a little tired
|
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|
come around 2-3 a.m., which I didn't used to, so some of it has switched back
|
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|
to daytime or early evening. My advice is to just find what's most
|
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|
comfortable for you as a time to write, and stick to it.
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jms
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Subj: Re:Marshal Teague and Hard C
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Date: 96-04-27 04:43:02 EDT
|
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|
From: Jms at B5
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|
I haven't seen the material, and thus can't comment. All I know of Marshall
|
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|
is what I see on the set, and he has always been a gentle, friendly, gracious
|
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|
performer.
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jms
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Subj: Re:SoT Question (Spoilers)
|
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|
Date: 96-04-28 19:22:50 EDT
|
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|
From: Jms at B5
|
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|
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|
Well, to follow the book, there still has to be a knowledge of the language.
|
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|
You need to have a dictionary around, which is what was used.
|
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|
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|
The comparison, I suppose, would be those who say that Jorge Luis Borges'
|
||||||
|
work can only be most truly appreciated in the original Spanish. There's a
|
||||||
|
*translated* version, which someone has gone through and made the translation
|
||||||
|
for you, written it all out in English...or you can learn the language, and
|
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|
then read the original manuscript.
|
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|
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|
Garibaldi doesn't know Narn, so how other than with a dictionary could he
|
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|
read the original material, except by sleeping with it under his pillow and
|
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|
praying for divine intervention.
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jms
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|
Subj: Re:Two questions
|
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|
Date: 96-04-29 01:39:47 EDT
|
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|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
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|
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|
"Avalon" and "Vir" were reversed in order to a) finish effects on Avalon, and
|
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|
b) to give a lighter episode after "Ceremonies" (also to hold York for
|
||||||
|
sweeps). That may account for some of your feeling here.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
And yes, Earthgov sees B5 in much the way China now sees Taiwan. (Though on
|
||||||
|
reflection that may not be the best metaphor....)
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The following is a transcript of the live chat with Bruce Boxleitner and
|
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|
Claudia
|
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|
Christian, held on February 3 at 9PM in the America Online Auditorium, The
|
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|
Globe.
|
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|
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|
B5 Online:C) 1997 Warner Bros. Online
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|
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|
B5 Online:Welcome to CYBERTALK!
|
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|
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|
B5 Online:Tonight we are please to bring you our guests from the hit
|
||||||
|
science-fiction television show, "Babylon 5." We are currently awaiting the
|
||||||
|
arrival of Bruce Boxleitner, but we want to welcome our guest Claudia
|
||||||
|
Christian tonight! Bruce Boxleitner and Claudia Christian join us from the set
|
||||||
|
of "B5," taking a break from their busy schedules! Bruce Boxleitner is an
|
||||||
|
accomplished actor with far too many roles to attribute here. Some of his most
|
||||||
|
memorable roles are from the movies "Tron" and "The Babe." On Television he
|
||||||
|
is best known for his starring role in "Scarecrow and Mrs. King." Claudia
|
||||||
|
Christian's film credits include "Hexed," A Gnome Named Gnorm," "Clean and
|
||||||
|
Sober," and "The Hidden." Im sure she'll also tell us a little about her
|
||||||
|
musical career! Welcome Claudia!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:hi everybody!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Our first question is from Thinkum....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Bruce & Claudia: since B5 has a preordained 5-year run, how do you
|
||||||
|
feel about having to say farewell to your characters in just one year? Do you
|
||||||
|
feel as attached to them as we are, or is there a professional detachment?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:I have no intention of saying goodbye to Ivanova I think I'll have
|
||||||
|
her with me forever.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:You never know... mabey there will be a sequel.... mabey a sit
|
||||||
|
com... mabey not. :-0
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a good question from JennBills...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:For Bruce & Claudia: If you could write your character's final scene
|
||||||
|
on B5, what would it be? (ex: Would Ivanova 'go out in a blaze of glory' in
|
||||||
|
the upcoming battle? Would Sheridan & Delenn settle down on Earth or Minbar?)
|
||||||
|
Not necessarily what JMS has planned but what would *you* want for your
|
||||||
|
character?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:I would like to be sitting in a bar with a lovely blond... blond
|
||||||
|
what ? you ask... NO seriously, I would like to have as befitting an ending for
|
||||||
|
Ivanova as she deserves, something heroic and sexy at the same tim e, is that
|
||||||
|
possible... Joe. Joe where are you.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question from RSandridg...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Hi CC -- How is the CD doing? -- from "the othe Rick" ;)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:I'm selling them at a brisk pace. Mostly because they come with a
|
||||||
|
free nude photo. (Just kidding)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:An interesting question from WaywardFl....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Claudia, is it true that you've been seen dancing down the hall in
|
||||||
|
costume eating oatmeal cookies? And if not, what flavor were they?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Absolutly false. They were chocolate chip.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From COMM RIKE...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Ivanova, you were great in "A Gnome named Gnorm" What gives. You
|
||||||
|
were the best part. Yet they didn't list it in your credits.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Who didn't list it in my credits? As far as I know it's on my
|
||||||
|
resume
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Welcome Bruce!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:hello old friends!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From MASWLCT, for bruce....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:To Bruce: How do you like the way your character has developed and
|
||||||
|
changed since its introduction?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Claudia says: HE's got less hair
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:I love it ! I think JMS has given him more color and maturity.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:less hair???
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:LOL.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:His hair has more color and more maturity too!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question for both of you guys...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Were either of you big fans of the Science Fiction genre before coming
|
||||||
|
to B-5, or did you realy not take it that seriously?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:Not really all Sci-Fi, but Star Wars and 2001 really do it for me.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:This is my first experience in SF at this level. I hve to say I'm
|
||||||
|
learning as I'm going.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question from Lilac6....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:When you accepted the role(s), were you made aware of the complete
|
||||||
|
story arc, and your character's ultimate fate?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:no.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Abolutely not. As JMS says if he tells you he has to kill you.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From Tiger9...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Claudia do you have a fan club?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:No, but I have a Claudia Christian chronicles, a newsletter from
|
||||||
|
England.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a good question for Bruce from Robertede....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Is it difficult to act when a lot of the action is done later using
|
||||||
|
computer generated graphics?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:sometimes, yes it is. But, we trust in the great maker to get us thru
|
||||||
|
it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:No. I love giving orders to a cardboard box.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From NeilC1....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Claudia, comparing your current role to past roles, do you see this as
|
||||||
|
breaking away from old stereotypes, or just another step in a progression. Or
|
||||||
|
something else entirely.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:I've been lucky enough not to be stereotyped. I think I will
|
||||||
|
continue to play a variety of pscho-bitch-from-hell roles.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:is that who you play now?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From Delenn77 for both of you....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Bruce/Claudia Do you enjoy going to the conventions and interacting
|
||||||
|
with your fans? Also are either or both of you coming to the northeast for a
|
||||||
|
convention soon?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:I dig conventions, baby, and I'll be in Toronto this year
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:Of course I like to do the cons, when my shooting schedule permits it.
|
||||||
|
I'll be at Atlantic City on Feb 22.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Maybe Bruce can shed some light on this question from B5Crazy1
|
||||||
|
without spoilers of course.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Bruce, what is the problem between Sheridan and Garibaldi? Does
|
||||||
|
Sheridan no longer trust him since his abduction by the shadows.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:I'm afraid you'll just have to watch...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From XNAXGOBBE...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Bruce or Claudia, I was wondering (I'm not trying to get information
|
||||||
|
about future shows) how much advance information are you given about the
|
||||||
|
direction the story is going, or is B5 like other shows where information is
|
||||||
|
handed out episode by episode?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:We get the scripts 3 weeks in advance and occasionally if we perform
|
||||||
|
special services for the producers we get extra info.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Ok Bruce... time to fess up. EJCaldera wants to know...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:What was your most embarrassing moment on the set of Babylon 5 (or, if
|
||||||
|
you're the type that doesn't embarrass easily, what was the most embarrassing
|
||||||
|
moment you witnessed - or took part in creating - for someone else)?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Doing those extra special favors....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:LOL
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:This is becoming my moment now!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Speaking of those "special favors..."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:To Claudia: did you adlib any of the Alien sex dance seen you did? It
|
||||||
|
was hilarious.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:did you perform?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:I choreographed the dance but the great Bard himself wrote the
|
||||||
|
rediculous lyrics.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From MIIB...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:How has it been working on Babylon 5 Bruce
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:Best experience in my career, with my clothes on!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From JenMor29....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:My question is for Claudia - do any of the guys play jokes on you on
|
||||||
|
camera?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:If having their flies down, putting sun flower seeds in their
|
||||||
|
cheeks, and talking about multiple genitialia on the Centauri counts....YES>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:back in the toilet again!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question from OmegaS80....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Bruce>>what was your favorite episode and why
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:Anything with Claudia is special...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:You old charmer, you.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Aw....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:We've not shot my favorite yet.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:That's the one where he dies.... I'm sorry, that was my favorite.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From NBA122....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Bruce, how does your character view himself? I have noticed that he
|
||||||
|
feels noticably changed. Is he under an external influence of Lorien? Does
|
||||||
|
he realize it? Does he think of himself as alive? What does he admit to
|
||||||
|
himself?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:"yes"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From Keeslver...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:claudia, are you amazed at all the attention that B5 has brought you?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:what attention????
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Actually, considering I was famous in Bangladesh prior to this I'm
|
||||||
|
used to it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a good question from Akshav...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Bruce and Claudia, What do you like most about the respective
|
||||||
|
character that you each portray? What actor or actress would you cite as
|
||||||
|
having the greatest influence on your own acting craft?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:I like the fact that I have a bulge in my pants and Pee Wee Herman
|
||||||
|
is my hero.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online::-o
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:Claudia influences me!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From SpooChef (Nice Name...)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Question for Bruce: I've heard that you like horses, what is your
|
||||||
|
favorite breed and why.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:American Quarter Horsed. They are durable, smart and American!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Just like Bruce.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:go for a ride?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question from Lorien226...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Im interested in both of your responses....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Do you Zip then fasten, or do you fasten then zip?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:The world wants to know.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Fasten and then zip.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:zip and fasten
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:but we get along in spite of our differences.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From Aanderzak....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Mr Boxleitner, how is little Michael Garrett Boxleitner doing? He's
|
||||||
|
about 16 months old now isn't he?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:Yes, he's wonderful, walking and attempting english, thank you!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From KenBuzz...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Hey Claudia, when can we buy that new album of yours?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Go to the Claudia Christian website and you can get the address. Or
|
||||||
|
write to 8033 Sunset Blvd. #140, LA, CA 90046 c/o Zard Prods.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:buy it and play it backwards for the secret message.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From We2inABQ....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:claudia...i just have to say you are the sexiest woman in sci-fi since
|
||||||
|
Lt.Uhura.....don't i sound like the typical sci-fi geek?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:As a matter of fact, what are you doing tomorrow night?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:For Bruce, from MystCruz....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Do you enjoy the time you put in on the show, and is it well worth the
|
||||||
|
effort to be there, and act?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:Yes, of course!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:I didn't know he was acting.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From SteveT46...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Claudia, how do you feel about Internet chat rooms since your getting
|
||||||
|
kicked on and off from IRC while at a coffee house? As I recall, they thought
|
||||||
|
you an imposter.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:I've had all the perpetrators sent to IO.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From TWandCrew for both Bruce and Claudia....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Bruce & Claudia - is there anything (other than write to WB and our
|
||||||
|
local stations) that we fans can do to get across to WB just how much we want
|
||||||
|
to see the show renewed for that fifth year? PS everyone at the J&D forum
|
||||||
|
says Hi.
|
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B5 Claudia:Don't burn flags but pickett.
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B5 Bruce:All you want is a fifth year?
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B5 Claudia:Bruce and I are counting on B5 - The Golden Years.
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B5 Online:Heres a question for Bruce....
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Question:Your last cybertalk was with JMS, and it was great!! Do you treat him
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that way all the time? How inportant is humor on you set?
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B5 Online:We have time for a few more questions tonight, we'll try and stay on
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as long as we can,
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B5 Bruce:Humor is very important on the set, but with JMS and Cludia on set,
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how could it not be
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B5 Bruce:FUN
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B5 Online:Since everyone is asking, can you give everyone to send you letters
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of encouragement?
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B5 Online:er.. an address
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B5 Bruce:Write to the B5 Fan Club, P.O. Box 856, N. Hollywood, 91603
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B5 Online:Ok... the multi-million dollar question....
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OnlineHost: Are you renewed for season 5 yet??
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B5 Claudia:We never hear until the last minute! You know that!!! I'm activly
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pursuing stand up
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B5 Bruce:good luck
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B5 Online:From LadyZarya...
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Question:With regard to the nature of the arc, do you know the ultimate
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destination or do you take it script to script?
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B5 Claudia:I love you, Brucey.
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B5 Bruce:script to script, generally.
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B5 Claudia:Is this a Noah reference?
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B5 Online:Heres a good question for you and your agents....
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B5 Online:From PBorroniv...
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Question:Have you been approached about the rumored spin-off. Will you be in
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the movies that we've heard about?
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B5 Claudia:I've heard the title is "Claudia's Crusades"
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B5 Bruce:Bruce, the Star Captain, I heard...
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B5 Claudia:Yes, I'll be in both movies and so will Bruce.
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B5 Online:From Vorlon333...
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Question:My question is for Bruce.. How do you feel about the show so far, and
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do yoo plan to do anything of this nature after Babylon 5??
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B5 Bruce:First, I love being a part of B5. I believe in B5.
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B5 Online:(He says after being confirmed for the 2 movies by Claudia)
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B5 Bruce:I certainly don't think there will be anything like it for a while.
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B5 Online:We still have time for a couple more questions. :)
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B5 Online:From KrisBrit...
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Question:Hi Claudia, I read that you have children's books due out. Can you
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tell us anything about this endeavor?
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B5 Claudia:It's called "The misadventures of Ms. Emma Bradford" and they're
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geared toward ten to fourteen year olds. They're educational and hopefully
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will be available next year.
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B5 Online:Heres a good question for Bruce....
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Question:Is there anything you would like to change in your character?To maybe
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represent more of you!
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B5 Claudia:I'd like Bruce to have that neat feathered hair-syle he had on
|
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Scarecrow...
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B5 Bruce:It would be awkward to ride my Quarter Horse thru the Zocalo, but
|
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|
never underestimate JMS.
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B5 Online:Heres one from Capercail....
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OnlineHost: Bruce and Claudia, what have been your favorite episodes?
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B5 Claudia:There's a new question... TKO and Born to the Purple
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B5 Bruce:In the Shadow of Z'Ha'Dum, and Z'Ha'Dum. Truthfully, it's a hard
|
||||||
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choice.
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B5 Online:From DVasilas....
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Question:Claudia, do you wish they had written a relationship for you and
|
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Bruce?
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B5 Bruce:YES
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B5 Bruce:YES
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B5 Bruce:YES
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B5 Claudia:Absolutely, I fantisize it all the time and I'm very angry at JMS
|
||||||
|
for not pursuing it.
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||||||
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B5 Claudia:Obviously the chemistry is there.
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online:From Mrs King2....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question:Hi Bruce - I am a big Scarecrow and Mrs King fan (can you tell from my
|
||||||
|
screen name?) Any possibility of a reunion movie?
|
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|
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B5 Claudia:With or without Kate?
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||||||
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B5 Bruce:If Kate wants to, I would be there in a heartbeat!
|
||||||
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|
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B5 Online:We have time for 3 more questions tonight. :)
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From BRajswass....
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||||||
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|
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|
Question:claudia do you know if susan ever falls in love with marcus.
|
||||||
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|
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B5 Claudia:As far as I can gather it is an unrequited love. Ivanova is
|
||||||
|
destined for celibacy.
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||||||
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B5 Bruce:ugh!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 Claudia:You're just jealous...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:There may be some truth to the rumor about Sheridan and Marcus...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 Online:From WJMII....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Bruce, how was it working with your wife and do you see a chance to
|
||||||
|
work with her in the movies planned for TNT.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:First, We've worked together a few times. It was great. Unless there
|
||||||
|
is a chance of surviving a nuke, she won't be back...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Hey, you survived!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:Thanks B5 Online!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Our last question is from Lionklaw....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:For Claudia...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:To Bruce. Is Sinclair Sheridian's and Delenns son?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:oops... wrong one.. sorry. ;>
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:No, I am!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 Online:We'll have one more question for Claudia before we close.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: claudia, when the captain left ivanova in charge of the station did
|
||||||
|
you feel
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: a surge of power? And what was it like?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:oh baby, oh baby
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:It was like taking an ounce of sawpalmetto and watching THE WILD
|
||||||
|
BUNCH.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Claudia:Before I embarrass myself anymore I just want to say thank you to
|
||||||
|
everyone out there who has been supportive of B5. We love you.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Bruce:thank you all for stopping by tonite. Thanks for watching.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:I want to thank our special guests tonight, Bruce Boxleitner and
|
||||||
|
Claudia Christian for joining us tonight! Next week at 8PM, be sure to join us
|
||||||
|
with Mira Furlan and Bill Mumy - the Minbari delegation from Babylon 5!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:We invite everyone to check out the latest preview for "Into The
|
||||||
|
Fire" at Keyword: Babylon 5! Thanks again, and goodnight.
|
||||||
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|
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OnlineHost: Copyright 1995 America Online, Inc.
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OnlineHost: Good evening! Tonight, OMNI Online is pleased to take you
|
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|
behind the scenes of TV's "Babylon 5" with costume designer Ann Bruice and
|
||||||
|
production designer John Iacovelli. Ann Bruice began her costume design
|
||||||
|
career in regional theatre, designing numerous productions for South Coast
|
||||||
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Repertory.
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OnlineHost: She received 1991 and 1992 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
|
||||||
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Awards for her work on that company's production of "You Can't Take It
|
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|
With You." She has also designed several productions for the Mark Taper
|
||||||
|
Forum and the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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OnlineHost: Besides "Babylon 5," her film and television work includes
|
||||||
|
"Perfect Date," an ABC Afterschool Special; "Siringo," a TV movie; and
|
||||||
|
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS, for which she served as assistant designer.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: John Iacovelli designed "Twilight of the Golds" on Broadway,
|
||||||
|
and he has designed more than 100 productions at theatres across the
|
||||||
|
nation, including five productions for the Mark Taper Forum and nine for
|
||||||
|
the Los Angeles Theatre Center. He won the 1991 Los Angeles Drama Critics
|
||||||
|
Circle Award for his design of "Heartbreak House" for South Coast
|
||||||
|
Repertory.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: In addition, he was the design consultant for Walt Disney
|
||||||
|
Imagineering on the Florida attractions of The Tower of Terror and the
|
||||||
|
Backstage Studio Tour. Welcome, Ann and John!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: Thank you, it's a pleasure to be here.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: Hi! Great to be here!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ErinM: It's great to have you here! Before we begin taking audience
|
||||||
|
questions, could you explain a bit about your jobs on B5? Ann, will you
|
||||||
|
start us off?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: I'm responsible for conceiving and drawing designs for all
|
||||||
|
costumes for the regular cast human and alien that appear on Babylon 5. I
|
||||||
|
choose fabrics, I attend all fittings. I make all decisions on detail, and
|
||||||
|
keep an eye on the costumes appear on camera.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
ErinM: Thanks, Ann! Your turn, John. :)
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: I'm responsible for the visual look of the show in relation to
|
||||||
|
whenever live actors are on set and I collaborate with the producers and
|
||||||
|
the wizards at Foundation Imaging on the look of CG in relation to our
|
||||||
|
sets. Right now we have about 65 sets that rotate depending on scripts
|
||||||
|
and my department is responsible for creating these worlds that consist of
|
||||||
|
everything from kitchen sinks to futuristic devices for information and
|
||||||
|
weapons, etc.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ErinM: Thanks, John! We have our first question from the audience...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question: What changes can we expect in the look/feel of the show in
|
||||||
|
season 3 (without giving anything away, of course)?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: Several new sets and a new and improved med-bay and an
|
||||||
|
upgraded Zocalo plus some sweet surprises in store. We are considering all
|
||||||
|
of our sets just as we did at the beginning of the second season.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ErinM: We've lost Ann Bruice for the moment. I'm sure she'll get signed
|
||||||
|
right back on. Until she does, John, can you eleborate at all on that last
|
||||||
|
question without giving away any more secrets?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: And this means that becasue our show is in analog time we can
|
||||||
|
improve our sets just as people would improve their surroundings today.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ErinM: Welcome back, Ann! The question is still the one about changes in
|
||||||
|
the look/feel of the show in season 3.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: We are introducing a new recurring character which involves a
|
||||||
|
new design for us. In the first episode, we are revealing a new set that
|
||||||
|
we think will be our most spectacular set to date. Delenn and Lennier have
|
||||||
|
additional new looks to accomodate some new and varied activities. We are
|
||||||
|
also continuing to define new background alien races and delinate between
|
||||||
|
groups of aliens G'Kar's look is changing somewhat this season as is
|
||||||
|
Londo's to again facilitate continuing character changes. In the broad
|
||||||
|
specturm we continue to try to refine and enhance both day players and
|
||||||
|
recurring cast members' looks, as well as all of our background extras.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: For those newcomers in the audience: OMNI Online is pleased
|
||||||
|
to take you behind the scenes of TV's "Babylon 5" with costume designer
|
||||||
|
Ann Bruice and production designer John Iacovelli. If you have any
|
||||||
|
questions about how the auditorium works, please feel free to contact our
|
||||||
|
usher, OMNI Muse, by instant message.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: We are going to greater pains to make the quarters feel more
|
||||||
|
lived in and less like hotel rooms.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ErinM: Another question from the audience...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Ms. Bruice, I love your contribution to the show...it wouldn't
|
||||||
|
be the same. How do you decide which style fits each character? It seems
|
||||||
|
that you design the clothes to reflect the character.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: I take my inspiration from Joe who always is available to
|
||||||
|
discuss with me the background, history, pyschological makeup of each
|
||||||
|
character as they evolve. Wetry to make sense of not just interesting
|
||||||
|
looks, but looks that tie and understanding of past, present, and future
|
||||||
|
to specific characters and their individual needs.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Question for John Iacovelli: Considering your background with
|
||||||
|
the NASA Hydroponic module and Pavilion of the future, how much of the B5
|
||||||
|
design is plausible real science as opposed to necessary for the plot but
|
||||||
|
not well grounded in science?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: The most important thing in the design of the sets is to
|
||||||
|
fulfill the dramatic function of the scenes. Now sometimes we have to bend
|
||||||
|
science to our liking and sometimes we get great inspiration from
|
||||||
|
scientific phenomena, but as Joe says, you guys are out there watching us
|
||||||
|
so we try to do things that have a foundation in hard science.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Which species of alien poses the greatest challenges when it
|
||||||
|
comes to wardrobe and/or makeup?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: Probably the Narns. Because the look that has been designed for
|
||||||
|
G'Kar is so complex and layered that any other Narn appearing in the
|
||||||
|
series has to similarly evoke the same strength and complexity, while
|
||||||
|
allowing G'Kar to remain the strongest Narn figure we see.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Is designing for B5 similar or totally dissimilar to anything
|
||||||
|
either of you has done before?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: It's not similar to anything because we produce the show in an
|
||||||
|
unorthodox way. One of the things we've always told Joe is to simply tell
|
||||||
|
the story and we will do whatever we can to fulfill the story's needs
|
||||||
|
which means that instead of one new set per episode sometimes we have more
|
||||||
|
than five. So we need to be as flexible as possible because we can't make
|
||||||
|
Joe write for only the sets that we have and Babylon 5 is a big place. We
|
||||||
|
want to show it off a bit. Now we don't have laundromat sets like
|
||||||
|
"SeaQuest," but there probably is one on B5.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: In many ways it's been a similar project in that I research and
|
||||||
|
discuss and evolve designs based on character development. The main
|
||||||
|
difference has been the speed and scope of each continuing episode. We
|
||||||
|
have seven days to prepare an episode and that's very different from the
|
||||||
|
six weeks I used to get on a theatre production. Joe and John Copeland are
|
||||||
|
also surprisingly more accessible to me as advisors than other producers
|
||||||
|
and directors have been to me in the past, which makes the rapid pace
|
||||||
|
manageable. It's also different in that the world is so entirely eclectic
|
||||||
|
and that there are fewer rules about period and line and shape and texture
|
||||||
|
that have to be adhered to.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: What Ann says goes for me, too, and I base a lot of the look
|
||||||
|
of the show on research and in a curious way the legacy of over sci-fi
|
||||||
|
design from the history of sci-fi, a rich history book.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Will the uniforms be changing for the 3rd season and how will
|
||||||
|
they be changing?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: If I tell you Joe will have to kill both you and me.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question: Ann: what sorts of materials do you use most? Natural fibers or
|
||||||
|
synthetic? Which do youQuestion prefer? PS -- love your work on B5!!!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: I prefer and always use whenever possible natural fibers.
|
||||||
|
Particularly we use a great deal of silk, brocades and other prints along
|
||||||
|
with wools, leathers and some rayons. My love for combining fabrics in
|
||||||
|
interesting ways and finessing details, trims and fastenings etc. keep
|
||||||
|
this world a constant delight.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: I noticed that during the 2nd season, Londo's quarters and
|
||||||
|
clothes have been getting more opulent as he rises in influence. Can you
|
||||||
|
tell us what you've been doing to create this impression?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: Last season we painted a portrait, and this season his
|
||||||
|
quarters have had many upgrades, including a lot of gifts he's been
|
||||||
|
getting from people wishing favors.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: Londo has evolved in my mind from a buffoonish character to one
|
||||||
|
who has become more serious and darker. His look has changed to
|
||||||
|
accommodate this development in his character. The silhouette has remained
|
||||||
|
the same but the colors of fabric have changed noticably, he no longer
|
||||||
|
wears a purple coat, rather one of dark navy, and this season you'll
|
||||||
|
notice that even his colorful vests are gone.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JohnIatB5: The tone of the set and the set dressing has gotten more
|
||||||
|
serious -- more like Peter the Great rather than Liberace.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Ms. Bruice, I especially loved the costume designs for
|
||||||
|
Deathwalker and Ambassador G'Kar. Am I nuts, or is there a recurring 'eye'
|
||||||
|
motif on his uniform?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
AnnBatB5: Very good, there is an eye motif in G'Kars.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Do you ask the actors what they would like to have in their
|
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JohnIatB5: For example, things like laundry lying out, dishes in the
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sink, books and papers lying out, plus more photos of family and friends.
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JohnIatB5: I like everything. I wanted the future to seem more like the
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present and not like a sterile, vacu-formed spaceship. I felt if people
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are really living here, there would be a certain amount of clutter and
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selective chaos.
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do you work with the make-up people...is it coordinated or do the make-up
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effects come first and then the costumes are designed to fit the look?
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AnnBatB5: Often we try to coordinate the sensibilities of the aliens. I
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try to work with Optic Nerve to ensure that the head meets the body in
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some sensible way. We talk about similiar qualities textures and colors
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and the flow of the total being. Truthfully, often the look of the
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prosthetic comes somewhat earlier and from that I have understanding what
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direction to go.
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ErinM: Folks, I've been informed that one of the B5 newsletters said that
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Jerry Doyle would be attending tonight's conference. I'm afraid that he's
|
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not scheduled to attend. But we'll see what we can do to schedule him for
|
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a future conference. :) As a matter of fact, B5 producer John Copeland
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tells me that Jerry is out of town shooting an episode for another series
|
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|
tonight. Back to the audience questions for John Iacovelli and Ann
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Bruice...
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Question: Mr. Iacovelli, How much of what we see on the screen is a
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physical set, and how much of it is CGI?
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JohnIatB5: It depends on the shot. For example, in the Zen Garden the
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only real set that exists is the set that is immediately behind the
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actors. The rest of it is CG, and we do this in the docking bay a lot ,and
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I think that we use this kind of virtual set better than any other show. I
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dare you to find all of the CG sets because we integrate them so well.
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AnnBatB5: John, you're being modest. We do it more and better than any
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other show.
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ErinM: By the way, the other series that Jerry Doyle will be appearing on
|
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as a guest star is "Renegades."
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Question: John: Babylon 5 looks great, apparently on a budget that is a
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fraction of "that other SF show". How do you do it?
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JohnIatB5: We're smarter. Actully we have many modular set pieces and we
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often repaint and use the same pieces over again. This helps to stretch
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our budget.
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Question: Will we see any ceremonial dress from any homeworlds?
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AnnBatB5: You see ceremonial dress already. Minbari celebrations,
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particularly religious Centuari celebrations, have included opulent
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orgiastic looks. Narn ceremonial dress includes G'Kar's prayer robe and
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talus while practicing the faith of G'Quan. Other ceremonial dress has
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been used with the ambassadors of the non-aligned worlds in the council.
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So G'Kar, Delenn, and Londo have always had special looks only worn for
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council meetings and ceremonies. And for that matter, the Earth Alliance
|
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has dress uniforms worn for special occasions. We will continue to
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introduce other looks for alien cultures as the opportunity present
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themselves in the scripts.
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ErinM: Folks, we've got time for just one more question for John and Ann
|
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tonight...
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Question: Are u involved in any theatrical prouctions currently - and if
|
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not, do u miss not working in the theatre? Is that where your heart
|
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belongs?
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JohnIatB5: I just recently completed some designs over the summer, and I
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am currently working on a show at South Coast Rep, but it's now more for
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love than for money, and my theatrical roots help me stay current in the
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sense that I don't design the way a typical television designer designs.
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AnnBatB5: This is the most theatrical project I've ever worked on, and
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for now this is where my heart belongs. However, I recently designed a
|
||||||
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production of "Blythe Spirit" with Jean Stapleton at South Coast Rep which
|
||||||
|
was a delight. I find it difficult to balance the two and for now have
|
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chosen to do only B5.
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ErinM: I'd like to thank Ann Bruice and John Iacovelli from "Babylon 5"
|
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for giving us a glimpse behind the scenes of the show. Thanks for being
|
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our guests tonight! The complete transcript of this conference will be
|
||||||
|
available tomorrow in teh OMNI Online Conference Logs Library. To get
|
||||||
|
there, go to keyword: OMNI, click on File Libraries in the scrollbox and
|
||||||
|
then click on Conference Logs. I'd like to thank Ann and John, our
|
||||||
|
wonderful usher, OMNI Muse, and all of you for attending. Good night!
|
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JohnIatB5: Thanks, this was fun. Keep watching!
|
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AnnBatB5: It has been a real pleasure. Thanks for asking.
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The following is a transcript of the live chat with BILL MUMY and MIRA
|
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FURLAN of
|
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Babylon 5, held on Monday, February 10th at 8PM ET in the Globe Auditorium on
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America Online.
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B5 Online:Warner Bros. Online Presents: CYBERTALK (tm)
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B5 MiraF:Hello, Everyone - I'm here.
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B5 Online:Tonight we are please to bring you the Minbari delegation from
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Babylon 5! Id like to welcome Mira Furlan and Bill Mumy to our online
|
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community! Welcome!
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B5 BillM:Flok Sha everyone!
|
||||||
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B5 MiraF:Thanks
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||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online:So, let me tell everyone how to send in their questions and we'll get
|
||||||
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this thing going!
|
||||||
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||||||
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OnlineHost:The auditorium consists of two major areas: the audience, where you
|
||||||
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are right now, and the stage, where the speakers appear. Text which you type
|
||||||
|
onscreen shows only to those in your row, prefaced by the row number in
|
||||||
|
parentheses, such as (2) if you are in row 2. To interact with the speaker, use
|
||||||
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the Interact icon on your screen.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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OnlineHost:To send your question to the speaker, click on the Interact icon,
|
||||||
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then use the Ask a Question option.
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online:Here is our first question from RVaug5949... For both of you. :)
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 BillM:Just so you normal humans out there know, Mira and I are having these
|
||||||
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questions screened for us.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:RVAUG59495 "Will both of characters appear in the spinoff THE RANGERS?
|
||||||
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|
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B5 MiraF:I have no clue. I wish I had.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 BillM:I have no idea about the spinoff. Maybe yes. We'll have to see.
|
||||||
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B5 Online:Our next question comes from Foxx3...
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||||||
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Question:This is to both Ms. Furlan and Mr. Mumy: You are both very
|
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distinguished actors and i was wondering what made you decide to be on Babylon
|
||||||
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5?
|
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|
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B5 BillM:I've always loved sci-fi fantasy projects, and was ready to come back
|
||||||
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to it.
|
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|
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B5 MiraF:It was a very unusual and interesting and strong character for me to
|
||||||
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play.
|
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B5 BillM:And aren't we all glad that you're here Mira! You're the best.
|
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B5 Online:The next question is for Mira from Thinkum...
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Question:Mira, do you get to wear a wig, or do they have to work that wonderful
|
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bone "tiara" into your real hair?
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B5 MiraF:It is my own hair.
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B5 Online:Heres an interesting question from MalleyDat, want to field this one,
|
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|
Bill?
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|
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Question:With the unusual and prophetic dreams of the Babylon 5 staff and
|
||||||
|
ambassadors, have you had any similar fascinating dreams with you as
|
||||||
|
Delenn/Lennier?
|
||||||
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|
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B5 BillM:I have pretty hot dreams about Delenn. Don't think they'll make it to
|
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prime time. Too sexy.
|
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|
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B5 MiraF:Oh, my god. Please stop!
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B5 BillM:Never!
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B5 Online:Heres a question you both can field from MalleyDat...
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|
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Question:There's always coincidences in people's lives. What coincidences
|
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|
regarding your life and maybe or maybe not regarding Babylon5 have caused you
|
||||||
|
to reflect and possibly reconsider something important in your (real) life?
|
||||||
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|
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B5 BillM:Uh...Uh....let's see...Don't get blown up by aliens.
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B5 MiraF:There are a lot of coincidences between my own life and my life as
|
||||||
|
Delenn
|
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|
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B5 BillM:There's nothing important in real life. IT's all in the mind you
|
||||||
|
know.
|
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B5 MiraF:I think that Joe is inspired by some elements of whats going on in the
|
||||||
|
former Yugoslavia and it reflects in the show.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 BillM:Joe and I both read too many comic books.
|
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B5 Online:Heres one for Bill From WaywardFl....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question:For Bill: Space Cases is terrific! The kids want to know: will
|
||||||
|
Catalina be back? Did you plan on Susie entering the series? Why didn't you use
|
||||||
|
the J.S. teddy bear when a teddy bear appeared in the Space Cases episode? ;-)
|
||||||
|
Thanks
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Thank you! We brought Cat back once second season, and hope to see
|
||||||
|
her return if we get the third season pickup. And, that WAS the B5 bear! Just
|
||||||
|
without the baseball outfit.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From DNmass....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Mira and Bill, both of your performances have been incredible. For
|
||||||
|
Mira, how hard is it working in this type of program compared to films?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 MiraF:I'm used to going in and out of projects and once I finish with them
|
||||||
|
I'm used to forgetting about them. Of course, Babylon 5 is something
|
||||||
|
differrent.
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 BillM:In tv, you have to work much faster.
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online:Here ya go Bill... from Timebaron... ;>
|
||||||
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||||||
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Question:Will Lennier become a larger part of the show in the sense that his
|
||||||
|
direct actions precipitate something that changes the arc?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 BillM:Uh, I don't know. Ask Joe. I just hit my mark and read my lines and
|
||||||
|
wear my bone and dress. Actually, going into that deeper, Lennier is always
|
||||||
|
saving the day, and that definityly effects the arc, eh? Or we'd all have
|
||||||
|
blown up a bunch of times!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 MiraF:It would definitely change Delenn's feelings.
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online:Heres a question you have probably been asked... but its one I always
|
||||||
|
find interesting.... From Thrasher0...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:This is a question for Both Bill and Mira, On all of the B5 Episodes
|
||||||
|
you've worked on which one was your favorite.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Uh, hard to seperate them, cuz they all are part of the whole. I love
|
||||||
|
the one where Lennier first kicked butt.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 MiraF:My favorites are "Comes the Inquisitor" and "Confessions and
|
||||||
|
Lamentations" "Severed Dreams" was also an interesting one for me.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question for Bill....From ZaBaGaBe
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:For Bill: We've seen you and several members of the David family on
|
||||||
|
Space Cases so far...when will we see more members of the Mumy family?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Can't afford them.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:(Id like to point out that both Bill and son Seth can be seen in the
|
||||||
|
movie Three Wishes, available to rent at your local video store)
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 BillM:Just kidding. I'd love to use more Mumy's in Space Cases. Seth also
|
||||||
|
was in Dear God, and a recent Dark Skies episode.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From Frank2641....
|
||||||
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|
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OnlineHost: To Mira: Is B5 big in Yugoslavia?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 MiraF:It's not shown there. Croatian television bought Voyager instead.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question from Glithcali....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Question for Both: Last week the comradery (sp?) between Claudia and
|
||||||
|
Bruce was entertaining....is this a normal thing on the set?? How many members
|
||||||
|
of the main cast do you joke with and associate with outside of B5??
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:We all play gin every Saturday night at Joes house.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Or not.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 MiraF:The cast of B5 is one of the greatest pleasures of working on the show
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 BillM:One of them.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 BillM:The other is wearing the bone.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 MiraF:Yes, we communicate outside the show.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Why tonight, Mira and I are going out for a snack!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Im sure a lot of people are wondering, Bill, but WJMII asked
|
||||||
|
first....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Bill, a little of the topic of B5 but what is your opinion of the
|
||||||
|
announcment of the Lost In Space movie and are you involved in any way?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:No comment on the Lost in SPace movie yet.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:A question for Mira from CLOWNBOB....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Mira: Do you think B5 is one of the best shows you have been apart of?
|
||||||
|
( be honest)
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 MiraF:I don't like comparing things. I like the fact that things are
|
||||||
|
different not "better" or "worse". Also you can't compare this kind of show to
|
||||||
|
anything I"ve done before.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From J1harper1 for Bill...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question:Bill, have enjoyed your work since Lost in Space and now my son really
|
||||||
|
enjoys Space Cases. Good work on Babylon 5 as well!! Do you think there is a
|
||||||
|
chance for romance with Delenn?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Well, in his heart Lennier loves Delenn, but he knows she's destined
|
||||||
|
for another, so I don't think you'll ever see him make "a move". Too bad...
|
||||||
|
But the angst makes the character more interesting to play. Do you think there
|
||||||
|
should be a Lennier Delenn romance? And thanks for the kind words. I loved
|
||||||
|
Lost in SPace and Space Cases.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 MiraF:Delenn have had enough romances, real ones and potential ones.
|
||||||
|
Remember Sinclair...Let's not overwhelm her.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:A favorite question from your convention appearances... maybe you
|
||||||
|
won't elaborate with Mira being right there... but GaryZepHe asks.... be
|
||||||
|
warned....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Bill and/or Mira.... please tell us about the practical joke Bill
|
||||||
|
pulled on Jason Carter.... about him supposedly being killed off last
|
||||||
|
season....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:And have you forgiven Bill, Mira? :D
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Let me say this for the last time. It was JOES JOKE! I was his
|
||||||
|
instrument. I was cruel. I convinced Jason, that Marcus was being killed off.
|
||||||
|
He bought it. It wasn't very nice of me. Mira spanked me into seeing the right
|
||||||
|
thing.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Oooh.... Minbaris have all the fun.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:I apologized. I could tell this in a very funny way, but ....I won't.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 MiraF:I'm not a big admirer of practical jokes. They seem cruel and
|
||||||
|
unnecessary. to me... Or maybe I don't have that sense of humor.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Jason was a good sport. Joe and I both bought him gifts. We
|
||||||
|
grovelled.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:You had to be there.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From KRoss5225 for Mira....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Mira: Has Joe (JMS, Kosh, Valen, whatever he is going by today) said
|
||||||
|
if John and Deleen are getting married? And if so, will it be on the show?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Keep watching.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 MiraF:Let it remain a mystery.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Put it this way, IF so... It won't be on another show! It'll happen
|
||||||
|
only on B5
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Another question from ZaBaGaBe....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:For Bill: There have been several references to Barnes and Barnes on
|
||||||
|
Space Cases (from the Lumanians to Voobanahavopbop) -- will there be more, or
|
||||||
|
will we see the Jenerators there?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Ooops. Sure. As much inside stuff as I can stick in, I will. It
|
||||||
|
makes me and a small circle of people chuckle. I hope to continue doing stuff
|
||||||
|
like that. Don't think the Jenerators will show up soon though. But I DO have a
|
||||||
|
solo album coming out on Infinite Visions label this month.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:For both of you from Morden226...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Hey folks! Is working with Joe an inspiration? Does his dedication
|
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(hours and hours and hours) ever make you wonder where he gets all his energy
|
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from? Have you checked to see if he's a robot? :)
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B5 BillM:Joe is pretty amazing! His work is really great. He's a fun guy.
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B5 BillM:I think he gets that energy from Flarn.
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B5 MiraF:It is a great inspiration. I wish I had five percent of that energy.
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My question is... does he ever sleep?
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B5 BillM:Not with me.
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B5 Online:Here ya go Bill, your big chance... from DMReda...
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Question:Bill: If B5 were being re-cast, which character (besides Lennier)
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would you like to play?
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B5 BillM:That's a good question. I'd say Sheridan.
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B5 BillM:Or the bartender.
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B5 MiraF:I'd like to play a telepath. #
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B5 BillM:I'd like to BE a telepath.
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B5 MiraF:I thought you were.
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B5 BillM:Heh Heh. I knew that.
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B5 Online:From Wolffgang....
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Question:this is for mira: are you active in speaking out on the current
|
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|
situation in the former yugoslavia?
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B5 MiraF:I don't know exactly what you mean by "active". I would say that I'm
|
||||||
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still very involved but I don't want to deal with politics because it's
|
||||||
|
corrupted and evil. I feel defeated. All the people who spoke against this
|
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|
war have been defeated. The war mongers have won big time.
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B5 BillM:Unlike shobiz
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B5 Online:Heres your chance to write the rest of Lennier's story, Bill... from
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|
Dtucker93....
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Question:Bill, What do you want for your character's future?
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B5 BillM:I want hair and a bone loss, and normal ears and pants.
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B5 BillM:I'd also like another season for the show. How about you guys?
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B5 Online:Speaking for the audience, I believe that is a unanimous YES!
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B5 BillM:I think Lennier is a cool, efficient, noble, loyal capable guy. I like
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|
playing him. He just happens to be a Minbari.
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B5 MiraF:We all just happen to be something.
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B5 BillM:We've had Tony Dow directing a few shows lately. That's been great!
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B5 Online:For Mira, From BLCK OMEG.... Question:MIRA>>>>As an original cast
|
||||||
|
member...Did you think B5 was going to take off like it has?
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B5 BillM:Have we taken off?
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B5 MiraF:No. This is a wonderful surprise for me. As a true Eastern European I
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|
always expect the worst.
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B5 BillM:Taken off like we have.... I don't get it. mean, we're not exactly
|
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|
Seinfeld. We are a great show. But we're not top of the pops. Are we?
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||||||
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B5 MiraF:But we are surviving. How many Sienfeld cons have you been to?
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B5 BillM:Tell me if we are! I want to renegotiate!
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B5 BillM:You mean you missed the big Elaine Con in France? It was great.
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B5 Online:Heres a musical question for Bill from ComicWhiz. :D
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|
Question:Bill>> how is the gutar coming? i heard you play it on lost in space
|
||||||
|
and never agian!
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B5 BillM:Well, you haven't looked too hard. I play all the time. Lots of
|
||||||
|
records out and always gigging somewhere. New album, Dying to Be Heard, out
|
||||||
|
this month on Infinite Visions label. The one that put out Brent SPiner's CD.
|
||||||
|
Check it out.
|
||||||
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B5 Online:From Ausavar for Mira....
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||||||
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Question:Do you have any more European or American films in the works Mira for
|
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|
after B5?
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B5 MiraF:I can't talk about anything that's not definite. I'm supersticious
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B5 Online:We have time for a couple more questions this evening before we have
|
||||||
|
to move out So heres one for both of you... From CLOWNBOB:
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Both: What is the most embarrassing event in the filming of B% for
|
||||||
|
you? :)
|
||||||
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B5 BillM:That's a hard one....thinking...
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||||||
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B5 BillM:Having my wife and son come to the set the first episode I did and
|
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|
them not being able to recognize me!
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B5 MiraF:It's always embarassing when you can't do a 5 page monologue in one
|
||||||
|
take and that happens often.
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B5 BillM:Mira, you're always great! REALLY!
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B5 MiraF:Thank you, Bill.
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||||||
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B5 Online:Do either of you have any conventions soon you want to let people
|
||||||
|
know about?
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B5 BillM:No.
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B5 MiraF:I'm doing a con in Alberta, Canada in March.
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||||||
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B5 BillM:You're such a jet setter.
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||||||
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||||||
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B5 MiraF:Yeah, that's me.
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||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 Online:From Johngf2....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question:I saw you both in the SFVortex war room. do you hang out together
|
||||||
|
alot?
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 MiraF:Sometimes.
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B5 BillM:Yeah. Do you blame me? I mean, you'd want to hang out with you too if
|
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|
you could.
|
||||||
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|
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B5 Online:Heres a question for both of ya...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Do you sign autographs through the mail and what is the address to
|
||||||
|
write to both of you at?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Write to B5 fan club.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:We have time for one more question each...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 MiraF:You can write to the B5 Fan Club at PO Box 856, N. Hollywood, CA
|
||||||
|
91603, or.. Mira's Fan Club is PO Box 523093 Springfield, VA 22152
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Thanks for the support folks. We really do like being a part of this
|
||||||
|
show. We work hard and we're proud of it.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:For Bill, from Eidelon...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Bill, Does Lennier ever get to show some more of his fighting skills
|
||||||
|
like when he saved Lando's butt?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Yes. He's got some more "action" scenes coming up. I think. Or maybe
|
||||||
|
they cut them out.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:And our last question of the night for Mira....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:This is for Mira: Is it hard to play a character like Delenn or are
|
||||||
|
you a lot like her in real life?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 MiraF:It's not hard because it's interesting and fun. I enjoy the
|
||||||
|
combination between different elements of her personality. She's vulnerable but
|
||||||
|
tough, strong but gentle. sensitive, in one word, she's a very rich character.
|
||||||
|
Very rarely a character like that comes across, especially when you're a
|
||||||
|
woman.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Id like to thank both Bill Mumy and Mira Furlan for joining us
|
||||||
|
tonight - it was a GREAT pleasure having you both back in our forum! Feel free
|
||||||
|
to stop by any time.. any closing thoughts?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Do the best you can and can the best you do.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 MiraF:Keep on caring about us. It makes us happy. Bye-bye.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Thanks again you two... keep up the great work, everyone supports you
|
||||||
|
and the show.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Send money.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:I want a Lennier action figure!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Bill... with mighty fighting action?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 BillM:Push his bone he kicks.
|
||||||
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|
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|
B5 BillM:Flok sha!\
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|
Document ID: mf0210
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|
@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
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|
The following is a transcript of the online conference with Peter Jurasik and
|
||||||
|
Stephen Furst of "Babylon 5," held on Monday, February 17th on America Online.
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:C) 1997 Warner Bros. Online
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||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Welcome to CYBERTALK!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Tonight we are joined by the Centauri Delegation from "Babylon 5!" I
|
||||||
|
would like to welcome both Peter Jurasik and Stephen Furst to our online
|
||||||
|
community tonight!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost:The auditorium consists of two major areas: the audience, where you
|
||||||
|
are right now, and the stage, where the speakers appear. Text which you type
|
||||||
|
onscreen shows only to those in your row, prefaced by the row number in
|
||||||
|
parentheses, such as (2) if you are in row 2. To interact with the speaker, use
|
||||||
|
the Interact icon on your screen.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Welcome you two!
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|
B5 Peter:Hey, we're happy to be here.
|
||||||
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|
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|
B5 Stephen:Thanks for having us.
|
||||||
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||||||
|
B5 Peter:My first question is for Stephen Steve, I really enjoy your work with
|
||||||
|
the Londo character, is he as sexy onstage as offstage, and be honest
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Waitaminit waitaminit... IM IN CHARGE HERE. Sheesh, give a guy
|
||||||
|
Prime Minister status and he takes over the world.
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|
B5 Peter:Not the world just the internet
|
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|
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|
B5 Stephen:He looks great without his fright wig on!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Our first question tonight comes from Thinkum....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Just looking at Centauri hairstyles (male and female) makes my hair
|
||||||
|
hurt, and at last week's chat session, Bill Mumy expressed a strong wish to do
|
||||||
|
away with his character's bone, lack of hair, etc. If you could change any
|
||||||
|
part of your makeup/costuming, would you?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:I wouldn't wear underwear.
|
||||||
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|
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|
B5 Peter:And I'd have three less tenticles.
|
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B5 Online:Hmmmm
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B5 Peter:Six really ruins the profile of my pants.
|
||||||
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|
B5 Peter:Seriously, I don't think I'd change anything. I wish the makeup time
|
||||||
|
was shorter...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From SGBruckner.... For Peter:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Peter: I met you on Friday when you were on the set with Benjamin.
|
||||||
|
Hi. Your son is very cute! Where would you like to see your character go as
|
||||||
|
far as the storyline is concerned? Have you enjoyed playing Londo?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:Of course I've enjoyed playing Londo. As far as my son being cute,
|
||||||
|
what am I chopped liver? And as far as where Londo goes we have a pretty good
|
||||||
|
writer already so I'll go where he sends me. But if he asks, I'll take more
|
||||||
|
love scenes.
|
||||||
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|
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|
B5 Online:Here's a question from Khasatin....For Stephen:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Stephen, what was it like working with John Belushi and Howie Mandel
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:One's dead and one's still alive.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From WaywardFl.... for both of you:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:For Peter and Stephen: Your work is terrific, many thanks! Are there
|
||||||
|
ever times talking to JMS that you want to 'stick up for' your character, i.e.
|
||||||
|
"Gosh, don't you think you've dumped on this poor guy enough already?"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:I actually complain fairly often to Joe...but he doesn't listen. And
|
||||||
|
that's the truth. More importantly, he usually right. Who does he think he is
|
||||||
|
the executive Producer/Writer?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:The last time I complained to Joe I was assigned toilet detail in
|
||||||
|
the Vorlon section
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:So when everyone is in the Eclipse Cafe, and I'm lurking, why is
|
||||||
|
everyone flirting... instead of discussing seriously my acting in Babylon 5?
|
||||||
|
Enough about Londo, let's... talk about me for awhile. Now I"ll be quiet.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Not quiet for long, Peter... here's a question from Starfury3....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Mr Jurassik, thanks for being with us tonight my question is: Londo
|
||||||
|
has the most depth of any of the B5 Characters is that all your acting ability
|
||||||
|
or is some of that your personality showing through?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:It may just seem that way but most of it is good acting coaching from
|
||||||
|
Stephen... He taught me everything I know. Thanks for the compliment. Good
|
||||||
|
scripts and good characters make the difference.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Here's a question from RBilyeu54, that could be a long answer, but
|
||||||
|
can you give us some insight, Stephen?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Steve, you directed tis weeks episode. Tell us about the experiance.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:I get to go to the front of the line at lunch when I'm directing,
|
||||||
|
that was quite an experience. I really enjoyed directing the actors were great.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:Stephen is too modest....It's not Vir directing the difference is
|
||||||
|
quite amazing.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Stephen's other directing projects, "Magic Kid" and "Magic Kid 2" are
|
||||||
|
both available on video and laserdisk too I believe.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:You forgot to mention Cycle Sluts is also available on laserdisc.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:And don't forget "Love me, Love my Dog. "Stephen was excellent.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From Sonogump for Peter....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:We know nothing is certain at this point regarding the fifth season,
|
||||||
|
has JMS approached you regarding your interest in being in the rumoured sequel
|
||||||
|
series?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:Yes. I understand it's going to be narrated by Londo as an old man to
|
||||||
|
some children. Sounds interesting, no? And I don't think sequel is the word.
|
||||||
|
Try prequel. I don't know about the sequel. I don't think the aliens are in
|
||||||
|
it.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:I'll be guest starring on the Wayan Brothers, as the missing brother
|
||||||
|
during the filming of the sequel.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:For Stephen from Iyneferti:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Stephen Furst - First of all I'd like to say how great you are
|
||||||
|
looking, it is really an inspiration to many of us here. Question: When you
|
||||||
|
began as Vir did you realize the character would go from being almost comic
|
||||||
|
relief to becoming one of the heros
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:When I began playing Vir I first thought I was on the wrong sound
|
||||||
|
stage and then I became the comic relief.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From SueLuvB5.... here ya go Peter! :)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Londo - first you were a good guy - than bad - now good. Which do YOU
|
||||||
|
prefer ?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:Oh, a lot more fun to play bad. You're just playing at it so you
|
||||||
|
don't get the consequences.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From BertieK....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Question for Peter: Have you sold the Porsche yet? Is it too late to
|
||||||
|
place a bid?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:It is too late. It sold to a Chuck Wingo in Georgia. He made a
|
||||||
|
really great offer.... I'll be able to make a nice donation to charity in the
|
||||||
|
name of the fans.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question for Stephen: From Unixfan....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Stephen: Saw "Illusion of Truth" (your B5 directing debut). It is an
|
||||||
|
unusual episode even for B5. What did you learn as a director with this
|
||||||
|
episode?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Besides how to get first in line at lunch.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:How to turn the camera on.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question for both of you from KentCK...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:For both: What has been your most embarassing moment on the set?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Who wants to go first? ;>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:The time we were caught comparing the sizes of our six-shooters.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:The time we were caught comparing the sizes of our six shooters.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:LOL!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:Don't you want to know who's was bigger?...OR who caught us?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Heres a question from SirPhilly....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:I heard that some of the sets on B5 are CG created, is it hard to
|
||||||
|
react and act to something you don't see?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:I've been working with Stephen for three seasons and only one of us is
|
||||||
|
real.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Here's one for Stephen from Libertm...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question:Stephen, you look great! What's the secret? not spoo is it?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:Nonfat Spoo! I also gave up sex.
|
||||||
|
|
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B5 Peter:Thank god his wife didn't. I"m sorry, did I say that?
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B5 Online:Uh... from ZaxxonTH... ;>
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Question:For Stephen and Peter: How long does it take to do your Centauri hair?
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Is there any other makeup to do your parts?
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B5 Peter:The hair takes about half hour. IT's pre-coiffed. As far as makeup
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for the rest... I have teeth beyond that only my hairdresser knows for sure.
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B5 Stephen:Mine only takes about 20 minutes.
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B5 Peter:Has anyone noticed that Stephen's hair is getting bigger? Or am I
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just paranoid?
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B5 Stephen:Centauri envy!
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B5 Online:From Isilzha.... For Stephen....
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Question:I have a question for Stephen Furst: We've all heard about the antics
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that go on on the set. What was it like to have to put up with them from the
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director's chair? Or did they go easy on you??
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B5 Stephen:I ruled the set like a young Mussolini. One antic from any actor and
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they were barred from the bagel table.
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B5 Peter:OH whip me, beat me, tell me you love me.
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B5 Online:From ScottGW for Peter:
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Question:Peter, how much of your new book DIPLOMATIC ACT will be about Bab5
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(veiled of course)?
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Question:Also, what role did you play on M*A*S*H?
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B5 Peter:DIPLOMATIC ACT is split into two parts. My section is about
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television sets in general. And on MASH. I played criminal investigator. There
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was a theft.
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B5 Stephen:I played Alan Alda.
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B5 Peter:I thought you were RADAR O'reilly.
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B5 Online:From Pitzerboy...
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Question:Do either of you guys use computers alot? ie: surf the web/net, etc.?
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B5 Peter:I just got a computer in the spring of last year and got online 6
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months ago and I'm really enjoying it.
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B5 Stephen:I'm still learning how to get rid of the flashing 12;00 on my VCR.
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B5 Peter:HOT NUDE ALIEN PICTURES...<SEARCH>
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B5 Online:Next month at Keyword: Babylon 5 and http://www.babylon5.com, be sure
|
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and vote for your favorite episodes, villains, characters and more! The
|
||||||
|
results of our "fan poll" will be used to produce a "Salute to the Fans"
|
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calendar - keep watching for ore info!
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B5 Online:No, you cant buy votes guys.
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B5 Stephen:Where are the Rosie O'Donnell promos?
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B5 Peter:OH, a calender. Have you ever seen Stephen in a Speedo?
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B5 Online:Coming soon Stephen. ;>
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B5 Online:From CaptJoda...
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Question:My question is for Stephen. You always have the best lines in the
|
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show.(No offence Peter) Are you that funny and great personally offstage?
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B5 Stephen:No, I'm a borring slob.
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B5 Peter:And a braggart too.
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B5 Online:Not Rosie, Stephen, but here ya go...
|
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B5 Online:Be sure and join Warner Bros. Online tomorrow night when we welcome
|
||||||
|
Jon Voight! Keyword: Cybertalk!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:From BluSword...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:My question is for ...Peter...As an original cast member, How do you
|
||||||
|
feel particapating in a television series that is written well in advance
|
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|
?.....And, Do you fell that your character has had ample time to develop ?
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B5 Peter:No, still more time is necessary. Baste lightly, cover will heavy
|
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duty tinfoil and set aside for 10 minutes. The character being written in
|
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advance has only been an advantage.
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B5 Online:We have time for a couple more questions tonight before they kick us
|
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out... Heres one from Bookherr....
|
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|
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OnlineHost: JMS is going to be at ICON in New York-any "good" embarrassing
|
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question I could ask him-think of it as your revenge if you want.
|
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B5 Peter:He's already gotten revenge for Pasadena, so my mouth is shut.
|
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Stephen?
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B5 Stephen:I hear he wears a toupee.
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B5 Peter:But not on his head.
|
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B5 Online:From Tree002 for Stephen:
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||||||
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Question:for steven, does it bother you that you seen to always get the role of
|
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|
the happy and just short of compitant character
|
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B5 Stephen:It pays as much as the competent ones and no one expects me to know
|
||||||
|
my lines
|
||||||
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B5 Online:Ill try and find one more question for each of you to conclude
|
||||||
|
tonight. :) From AKATREKKE...
|
||||||
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|
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Question:Stephen--It seems most people remember you for Animal House, but I
|
||||||
|
remember your character on St. Elsewhere quite fondly. Has there ever been any
|
||||||
|
talk of a movie/revival of the show?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:they are thinking of doing a tv-movie, but what the hell to I care.
|
||||||
|
I died in the last episode. We're all just a snow globe anyway.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Our last question for tonight comes from TheSquiers...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question:Peter: During the filming of the strangulation scene between Londo and
|
||||||
|
G'Kar, JMS supposedly gave you some insight about the future of your
|
||||||
|
characters. Care to share some with us?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:If not, Ill have to find another question. :P
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:I'd love to, but under penalty of death, I've been sworn to secrecy.
|
||||||
|
Unless you can get some cash to me immediately. Actually you're pretty much
|
||||||
|
caught up. War Without End reveals almost all.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:Does anybody have a good recipe for gingerbread?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 Peter:Baste lightly with an olive oil. It really brings out the nutmeg
|
||||||
|
flavor.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Well, guys - thanks for being with us tonight. Any closing comments
|
||||||
|
you would like to share with the rest of the online world?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Peter:For B5 Fans, thanks for your support it's so nice to know we're doing
|
||||||
|
the show for somebody. To the online world, sorry, I have nothing to say.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Stephen:American Airlines, thank god you're not on strike. Buy Pork
|
||||||
|
bellies.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online:Thanks again for being here tonight! I would like to remind everyone
|
||||||
|
that the latest B5 information can be found at Keyword: Babylon5 on America
|
||||||
|
Online... and on the internet at http://www.babylon5.com and
|
||||||
|
http://www.thestation.com Thank you, and good night. "Be seeing you!"
|
||||||
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|
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<title>America Online information</title>
|
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<link rel="parent" href="../index.html">
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
<h1>B5 information from America Online</h1>
|
||||||
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<h2>JMS messages</h2>
|
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Transcripts of executive producer/writer J. Michael Straczynski's
|
||||||
|
messages on America Online's Babylon 5 message areas. Compiled by
|
||||||
|
Kevin P. Mooney <kpmooney@acsu.buffalo.edu>.
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||||||
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|
||||||
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<p>
|
||||||
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|
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<li><a href="latest">Collection point for new messages</a>
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|
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|
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<li><a href="aol96-05">May 1996</a>
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<li><a href="aol96-04">April 1996</a>
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<li><a href="aol96-03">March 1996</a>
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<li><a href="aol96-02">February 1996</a>
|
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<li><a href="aol95-12">December 1-13, 1995</a>
|
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(compiled by Lisa Freeman <lefreeman@sunbelt.net>.)
|
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|
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|
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|
||||||
|
<h2>Real-time chat transcripts</h2>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
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<li> <a href="andrea-thompson.txt">Andrea Thompson (Talia Winters)</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="richard-biggs.txt">Richard Biggs (Dr. Franklin)</a>
|
||||||
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<li> <a href="bruce-claudia.txt">Bruce Boxleitner (Sheridan) and Claudia
|
||||||
|
Christian (Ivanova)</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="bruice-iacovelli.txt">Ann Bruice (costume designer) and John
|
||||||
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Iacovelli (production designer)</a>
|
||||||
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<li> <a href="jeff-conaway.txt">Jeff Conaway (Zack Allen)</a>
|
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<li> <a href="jerry-doyle.txt">Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi)</a>
|
||||||
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<li> <a href="mira-furlan.txt">Mira Furlan (Delenn)</a>
|
||||||
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<li> <a href="furlan-mumy.txt">Mira Furlan and Bill Mumy (Lennier)</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="furst-jurasik.txt">Stephen Furst (Vir) and Peter Jurasik
|
||||||
|
(Londo)</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="jms-bruce.txt">JMS and Bruce Boxleitner</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="jms-bruce-2.txt">JMS and Bruce Boxleitner</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="jms-claudia.txt">JMS and Claudia Christian</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="jms-claudia-2.txt">JMS and Claudia Christian</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="jms-john.txt">JMS and John Copeland</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="koenig.txt">Walter Koenig (Bester)</a>
|
||||||
|
<li> <a href="patricia-tallman.txt">Patricia Tallman (Lyta)</a>
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
The following is the transcript of the online chat with Babylon 5 star, "Jeff
|
||||||
|
Conaway," held on October 8th, 1996 on America Online.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Hi Jeff!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Tonight we are pleased to welcome Babylon 5 star Jeff Conaway to
|
||||||
|
our online conference. Warner Bros. Online presents CYBER-TALK (tm)! Be sure
|
||||||
|
and stay tuned! We are giving away some GREAT B5 merchandise including
|
||||||
|
posters, an autographed Jeff Conaway picture, and more! Details will be given
|
||||||
|
out during the conference, will YOU be a
|
||||||
|
lucky winner? :D
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: First of all, I would like to welcome Jeff to our online area and
|
||||||
|
CYBERTALK! Welcome, Jeff!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: Hi Everybody! Glad to join you on the Internet! Nothing like
|
||||||
|
being cyberized! And Surfed!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Our first question is from I VORLON....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Mr Conaway, Glad to have you here tonight! How did you get
|
||||||
|
involved in acting?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: I wanted to be an astronaut at first, my grandfather was like a
|
||||||
|
deep sea demolition diver in the first world war, and my uncle works at NASA.
|
||||||
|
I was a smart little kid, so they wanted to put me in space and at 7 years
|
||||||
|
old I had to wear glasses. I was reading a book about spacefaring and after I
|
||||||
|
had to get glasses, that was that. At age nine I though acting was a thing I
|
||||||
|
could try and mother said forget about it. So I kept bugging her! So I did an
|
||||||
|
audition for All the Way Home... with Lillian Gish.. a lot of great actors!
|
||||||
|
I got the part on my tenth birthday! They said "You’re in!" That’s how it
|
||||||
|
began... show ran for a year and I’m still running!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Here's a question from MarkB1529...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Has the notorious on set B5 humour ever targeted you Jeff and how?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: No.. no practical jokes on me! But I hear the gag reels .. I’m
|
||||||
|
on them all over the place - I guess I do funny things and I don’t realize
|
||||||
|
it. The other day.. in fact.. there was a stuntman. We were all in
|
||||||
|
riot gear and stuff, and I kept losing my PPG.. it ended up on the floor!
|
||||||
|
This guy next to me kept stealing it and laying it on the floor! I got back
|
||||||
|
at him though. When he was on his back and I was on my knees I... Well, I
|
||||||
|
passed gas on his face.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Uh.. just stay over there, Jeff.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: hey Jeff tell us about taxi, why did it go off the air
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: Nobody really knows why. It won best show for the year and we
|
||||||
|
were canceled - it makes no sense. Often TV makes no sense. It's still such a
|
||||||
|
popular show - one of the Star Trek's of comedy... one of those shows that
|
||||||
|
was killed too fast.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Here’s a good question from AnessaE...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Greetings! I've seen that you've been a guest at a few scifi cons.
|
||||||
|
Do you like them, and are you going to speak at any of them in the near
|
||||||
|
future?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: Yeah! I have a real good time at them! At first I had no idea
|
||||||
|
what to expect. You know.. "here's a microphone - go entertain!" I found
|
||||||
|
that the questions were very interesting and I had fun answering them - tried
|
||||||
|
to put a little comedy into it. It's nice to be out there meeting the fans
|
||||||
|
and seeing how high their interest is and how much more they know about the
|
||||||
|
show than I do. I’m going to be in Springfield, MA in November... and then in
|
||||||
|
England, and Scotland next summer. And then back over in Virginia in March
|
||||||
|
... around there.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: From CajunDanc, a regular in our Eclipse Cafe at Keyword: Babylon
|
||||||
|
5...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Mr. Conaway, how did you come to audition for the role of Zack
|
||||||
|
Allen? And why were you interested in Babylon 5?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: Ill answer the 2nd part first. Two years ago, Id had the flu and
|
||||||
|
I was at home channel surfing. I saw this spacey looking show. I think
|
||||||
|
Garibaldi was on screen and I stopped and I started watching.. and I thought
|
||||||
|
"This is cool!" So what happened is I started watching the show every week,
|
||||||
|
and
|
||||||
|
just about in October of 94, the casting office called up and asked if I
|
||||||
|
could come in for the role, I think I had about 3 lines in the first episode
|
||||||
|
I did. But I thought the show was great! I actually turned down another role
|
||||||
|
the same day to do those 3 lines. John Copeland asked if I would like to
|
||||||
|
come back and do more
|
||||||
|
episodes and I said "You Bet!" And then I recurred for the season, and then
|
||||||
|
signed a regular
|
||||||
|
contract for the third and fourth.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: From GREER701A....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Have you done any work on Broadway? Which do you prefer Broadway
|
||||||
|
or Television?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: Yeah! I did four Broadway shows.. "All The Way Home", "Everybody
|
||||||
|
Out, The Castle is Sinking," "Grease" and "The News." Well, you know they are
|
||||||
|
two different mediums. Theatre - the audience is there... there's no take
|
||||||
|
two. There’s a concentration and focus you have to keep. That’s the problem
|
||||||
|
with it - there’s no take two! In theatre you have to focus your whole day,
|
||||||
|
existence, around two hours at night. You have to make sure you get enough
|
||||||
|
sleep, eat right, etc. So you're kinda a prisoner. Whereas in television
|
||||||
|
and film - you're there all day! So you have to relax and gear up for
|
||||||
|
performance focus. The older I get, the more I enjoy working in television
|
||||||
|
and film.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: From FTLTSeren....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: What character that you have played is your personal favorite?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: That’s a tough question to answer, because you basically fall in
|
||||||
|
some kind of love with every character you play. I really enjoy playing Zack
|
||||||
|
and going through the building of a character - he's finally coming into his
|
||||||
|
own and growing on the show. I really loved my Grease character.. Bobby was
|
||||||
|
fun. There was a TV movie called "Making of a Male Model" which was really
|
||||||
|
challenging. But very fulfilling and satisfying.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Here’s a good question...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Jeff also do you ever talk with Tony Danza...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: Yeah! I talk to Tony often. We've stayed pretty close over the
|
||||||
|
years. You Whose the Boss" Fans - I did one of those... he calls me up and
|
||||||
|
says "You gotta do me a favoh.. I cant get and good guest stahs." So I said
|
||||||
|
Id do anything for him.. so I did the show. We hung around a lot when we did
|
||||||
|
Taxi.. we lived around the corner from each other.. we hung out.. and it's
|
||||||
|
carried on through the years. He's a great guy! I love him! And not in the
|
||||||
|
biblical sense.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Is your role in B5 going to be expanded any?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jeff at B5: THANK GOD YES!!!! When John Copeland asked me if I wanted to do
|
||||||
|
more shows... and I said yeah... he told me to be patient. But I didn't think
|
||||||
|
it was going to take them three years! (Only kidding Joe, if you're
|
||||||
|
listening!)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: From IluvB5...
|
||||||
|
|
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your character going in the direction you hoped? Jennifer
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Jeff at B5: Hi I Luv B5! I love B5 too! Remarked a little bit earlier the
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character is expanding and
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growing - we're getting to see a little bit more of Zack - I cant tell you
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storyline, but I can tell you that the direction for Zack is going the way I
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would like it too. We're learning a little more about who he is.
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B5 Online: From Draughir...
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Question: Do you find it difficult to work in an environment where most of
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the special effects are computer generated?
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Jeff at B5: They are? Well, you know - it's the action that you're doing. As
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an actor you have to supply your imagination. What is a little disconcerting
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is when you shoot your PPG and nothing happens. er.. happens. I want to hear
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a bang! I was pulling the trigger the other day and adding my own sound
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effects. I told all the guys I won't make the sounds when we actually shoot.
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B5 Online: From MMazz9259..
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Question: Hey Jeff, Hope you're having a good one. What's the B5 set
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like(atmosphere and such)?
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Jeff at B5: It's friendly and good natured. People are very supportive of
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each other we kind of take care of each other throughout the day - we care of
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each other. After all, we're all on the same team. (Even if I’m not on the
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new poster)
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B5 Online: From Kiki3733...
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Question: Hate to ask, but how old are you. You look better than ever!!!
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Jeff at B5: I'm 46. thanks Kiki!
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B5 Online: From Kgeibel...
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Question: What types of jobs did you have to hold during any tough time?
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Jeff at B5: Thank God I've always been an actor! It's a good thing because I
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can't DO anything else My agent kept telling me to turn down work and be a
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waiter... I told him "You're Fired!"
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B5 Online: From GRShaw...
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Question: What is your favorite B5 episode?
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Jeff at B5: Well, it would have to be one that I’m in... as opposed to the
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poster..... I guess the one where I turn the Nightwatch in was my favorite so
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far. It was dramatic and heroic. One of the things I like about Zack is his
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sense of humor - and then later he's blowing people away! I used to not like
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Narns.. now I do. The Centauri though.. I’m starting to get a little mad at.
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Let me shoot a good Centauri any day. Call me Zack "LAPD" Allan.
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B5 Online: The episode in question would be "Point of No Return."
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B5 Online: From AaronlnMe...
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Question: Do you feel your show ranks among one of the best sci-fi shows
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ever?
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Jeff at B5: Definitely! I loved the first Star Trek and I first watch it
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sometimes at night. I check out the other shows here and there. But I just
|
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think that Joe's vision and imagination and creativity is quite amazing. I
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think he takes the storylines and characters to a place of drama and
|
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comedy... a place the other shows don't go. Plus.. he's writing all of the
|
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shows and that's quite a feat. I feel like I've been lucky and blessed to
|
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work with these guys and working with the producers and Joe, the crew and the
|
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cast, I feel there's a lot of brilliance going on. And I’m just happy to be
|
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a part of it and be part of that vision.
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B5 Online: We'll get a couple more great questions before we have to go!
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B5 Online: From HLI...
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Question: Jeff did you ever think of a taxi reunion
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Jeff at B5: Everyone's thought of it - but I don't think it will ever happen.
|
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|
Everybody has expressed that they would like to do it. There seems to be a
|
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problem at the top someplace with one of the creators. I think it would be
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fun to go back and see where Bobby is at these days. of course, he would
|
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probably have to get a job. Maybe even on Babylon 5!
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Jeff at B5: BTW.. I'll be on Mr. & Mrs. Smith this coming Friday on CBS! Be
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there
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or be square.
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B5 Online: From DSneelix...
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Question: What do YOU want? (Morden asks this)
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Jeff at B5: To be on the poster.
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B5 Online: And our final question comes from Andicouri...
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Question: You've directed before, any interest in directing any eps of B5?
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Jeff at B5: Yeah, Id love to some day! You never know what could happen!
|
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|
Stephen Furst is directing episode 408 this year.
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B5 Online: From LaraKJBA...
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OnlineHost: what is the most difficult thing about this role? BTW, loved
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you in grease!!!
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Jeff at B5: I think the most difficult thing is.. playing a guy who probably
|
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|
in the past had made more of himself in his career. Through some knocks and
|
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|
bad breaks... he ended up alone and kind of confused. And so he signed onto
|
||||||
|
Babylon 5. It's like starting over again and doing it right this time. And
|
||||||
|
whatever the beast or demons inside of him - he's gotten rid of those. You
|
||||||
|
noticed after he turned over Nightwatch... you didn’t see him for a few weeks
|
||||||
|
- he was pretty shaken by his lack of judgment. When he came out of his
|
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|
cocoon, he was a stronger individual. He starts to find himself this season.
|
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|
With some of the things I put personally in it, it helps add to the drama and
|
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|
the conflict inside Zack. in fact we touch on it a little bit in an upcoming
|
||||||
|
episode. He's a hero waiting to happen in a way. He's an anti-hero waiting to
|
||||||
|
grow up and be a full -fledged hero. But he's not getting any younger - and
|
||||||
|
neither am I! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your questions and your love
|
||||||
|
of the show with me. Keep watching! And if you want to write... just write to
|
||||||
|
the B5 address. And I'll write back! If you could send a SASE.. it would be
|
||||||
|
very helpful! If you want pictures, send a manila SASE and Ill send a
|
||||||
|
picture, a note and stuff. Because after all, you are the reason I’m here.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online: And with that we would like to thank Jeff for coming tonight! To
|
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|
write to Jeff, send your letters to: Jeff Conaway C/O Babylon 5, 4000 Warner
|
||||||
|
Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505. Thanks for coming to CYBER-TALK (TM) We'll see you
|
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|
in the Eclipse Cafe - Keyword: Babylon 5!
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OnlineHost: Copyright 1996 America Online, Inc.
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OnlineHost : Copyright 1995 America Online, Inc.
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OnlineHost : Tonight Hollywood Online's Inside Hollywood is pleased to
|
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|
present Jerry Doyle from Babylon 5. He was born on July 16, the son of a
|
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police officer and a mother who worked at home. His family moved to Jersey
|
||||||
|
when he was a junior in high school. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree
|
||||||
|
in Aeronautics from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona,
|
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|
Florida. His first job was the marketing and sales of private and
|
||||||
|
corporate jets for Falcon Jet out of New Jersey. He later became an
|
||||||
|
investment banker on Wall Street with Drexel Burnham and Prudential Bache
|
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|
where he stayed nine years. While working on Wall Street, Jerry had a
|
||||||
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taste of Hollywood when a friend had suggested him for a part of David
|
||||||
|
Addison on "Moonlighting." He flew out, got the audition, then got the
|
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|
part and shot the show, and went back to Wall Street. Three years later in
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|
1990, Jerry decided he wanted to change his career to acting so he moved
|
||||||
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to Los Angeles and got an agent. His first role was on "The Bold and the
|
||||||
|
Beautiful," then came recurring roles on "Home Front" and "Reasonable
|
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|
Doubt." This is his second season on Babylon 5 as the feisty Security
|
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Chief Michael Garibaldi, the trusted protector of the ship who possesses a
|
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murky background.
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HOL Live : And I'm your hostess for tonight, coming to you live from
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Hollywood Online! We're all being Irish today! Happy St. Paddy's day to
|
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|
the folks at O'Shea's in San Francisco!
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HOL Live : How ya doin, Jerry?
|
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|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Almost perfect!
|
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|
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|
Question : We've seen a dark vision of Garabaldi's future from the
|
||||||
|
Babylon Squared episode with Babylon 4. Is this scene definitely going to
|
||||||
|
play out, or was it a possible vision of the future?
|
||||||
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|
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|
JerryDoyle : Yes.
|
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|
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|
Question : How old were you when you started acting? How did you get
|
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|
into acting?
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|
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|
JerryDoyle : I started in March on 1990, after 9 years on Wall Street. I
|
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|
came to LA. Started knocking on doors... and concentrated on the business
|
||||||
|
side of show business...seing as how, I didn't have any of the show-side.
|
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|
||||||
|
HOL Live : Here's one from ASWestvee:
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|
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|
Question : Jerry- you have been attributed as saying that your
|
||||||
|
character will "go out in blaze of glory". Is this true, and have you
|
||||||
|
said something that you shouldn't have? : )
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : No. Yes and No, actually.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Jerry, I think your character is excellent and continues to
|
||||||
|
have huge potential because of his political position and history. Where
|
||||||
|
would _you_ like to see him go from here? More/less political? More/less
|
||||||
|
romantic? More/less depressed?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : I'd like to see the character go more in the areas of action
|
||||||
|
and romance and definetly not depressed. Garibaldi's confused about life,
|
||||||
|
and basically wants a stable relationship and a pay raise.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
HOL Live : Here's one from Kristi267.. a good followup to your answer
|
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|
;>
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Will the Chief ever get the girl?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Why just one?
|
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|
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|
HOL Live : <g>
|
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|
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|
HOL Live : Here's one from RedProbeG:
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Babylon 5 is a GREAT show!! I was just wondering if there
|
||||||
|
were any big changes in store for next season?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : I expect a HUGE pay increase...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
HOL Live : And here's one from Levinthal..
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : What other work have you done that we might be familiar
|
||||||
|
with? It seems like there have been a lot of supporting roles that I have
|
||||||
|
an image of, bu none of them come to mind.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : I did recurring roles on Homefront, Resonable Doubts,
|
||||||
|
and the Bold of the Beautiful, of which I was neither.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Jerry, will Garibaldi and Londo's "friendship" maintain as
|
||||||
|
Londo's character begins to sink deeper into the darkness?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : We're at a point where Garibaldi has to distance himself
|
||||||
|
from Londo. But more important, Garibaldi has to now look back at the
|
||||||
|
things he said to Londo that he possibly shouldn't have, and also look at
|
||||||
|
what Londo said to him that he may have missed. It's kind of like when
|
||||||
|
you find out you're best friend's screwing your girlfriend.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : When will we see the Great war that is refered to every
|
||||||
|
episode?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Soon.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Is Your character on B5 close to who you really are?
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Certain parts of him are. I tend to only allow a certain
|
||||||
|
part of myself to be seen by the general public. Same with Garibaldi.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : This is to Mr.Doyle: I am a kid from Hewitt, Tx. adn my pals
|
||||||
|
and I always watch your show on Wed. nights and I was wondering what it is
|
||||||
|
like working on a set with all those "alien" make-up artists and stuff???
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Yee-haw. I'll be in Houston April 21, 22, and 23 at
|
||||||
|
Con-Trol. Now your answer: the Special Effect Makeup people do such a
|
||||||
|
good job, that it allows you as an actor to put aside the obvious, and
|
||||||
|
interact as if it were just another person, albeit having 3 arms sticking
|
||||||
|
out of his head.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Is there an actual detective character you base Girabaldi
|
||||||
|
on?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : My dad was a New York City cop for 20 years.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : In SciFi Univ. mag.,Mar95, page28, in the picture of
|
||||||
|
Londo,it says"Londo was the first one on the show to get laid, laments
|
||||||
|
actor JD...." Is *laments* an accurate description of your feelings on
|
||||||
|
the subject?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : I think it was appropriate for Londo to get laid first,
|
||||||
|
because he has six penises.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
HOL Live : Wow!!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : You've said that you don't have a whole lot of experience
|
||||||
|
acting...do you ever rely on some of the more experienced actors such as
|
||||||
|
Mira Furlan as "guides"?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : I watch every actor I work with and try to incorporate their
|
||||||
|
nuances, subtleties, and steal it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : What are the things, if any, that you feel make Babylon 5
|
||||||
|
different from other things on television?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : I'm on it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : There has been a lot of talk in the media about Sinclair
|
||||||
|
coming back to the show, is this true??
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : There's been talk about the incorporation of Sinclair in the
|
||||||
|
story line but I'm not aware of his coming back to the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : How is the success of B5 affecting your life? Do you now get
|
||||||
|
recognized everywhere you go?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : As the show increases it's audience, your visibility as an
|
||||||
|
actor increases with it. Being recognized is part of the job. Nobody
|
||||||
|
asked me to get into this business, so if people want to come up and say
|
||||||
|
hi and shake hands or whatever, I think it's cool.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Who came up with the idea of Garibaldi being a Warner Bros.
|
||||||
|
nut???
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Warner Bros. Marketing.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : From salesman to investment banker to actor, these are big
|
||||||
|
leaps--who instilled in you the self-confidence to make these changes?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : My dad. For a number of reasons First off, he and my mom
|
||||||
|
provided me with a stable, loving home. Secondly, my dad always did for
|
||||||
|
others before he did for himself. He died at 41, never having the chance
|
||||||
|
to get to the things that he wanted to do for himself. I was 11 at the
|
||||||
|
time, and 41 seemed really old. Now, at 38 it seems really young, so I
|
||||||
|
decided that I was going to do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it,
|
||||||
|
and to the degree that I wanted to do it. The bottom line is, when you
|
||||||
|
wake up in the morning, you're already ahead of the game. So go for it,
|
||||||
|
don't look back, and if I drop dead right now, I'm sure the people here
|
||||||
|
would be pretty pissed off (we would), but I'm doing what I want. And I'm
|
||||||
|
happy, and that's all you can ask for out of any day.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Is Babylon 5 or Star Trek better?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Seing is how Babylon 5 is paying me, the answer is quite
|
||||||
|
obvious. What a stupid question.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : How faithful to the same story line are the comic books?
|
||||||
|
I'm ashamed to admit I'm buying them, and the upcoming books are supposed
|
||||||
|
to talk about Garabaldi's first meeting with Sinclair. Will you be/have
|
||||||
|
you been incorporating that information into your character? How many
|
||||||
|
times are you surprised with what's happening?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : To the best of my knowledge, there are 3 novels out,
|
||||||
|
and 3 or 4 comic books, but I haven't read any of it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : As an actor, how do you deal with all of the technobabble?
|
||||||
|
Do they help you?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : I don't try to understand - I just say it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Do you or have you read Science Fiction? (Are you a fan?)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Believe it or not, I've never seen any of the Star Treks,
|
||||||
|
never read any science fiction material and still don't.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : What's the funniest thing that's happen on B5? That you
|
||||||
|
can tell, that is.
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : If you can get your hands on any of the blooper reels, and I
|
||||||
|
know they're floating around out there, you'll see there's too much fun
|
||||||
|
stuff to pick out just one.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Give us a typical day on the set
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Show up at 6: 30. Eat a greasy breakfast. Make-up.
|
||||||
|
Wardrobe. Talk. Smoke. Talk. Smoke. Talk. Smoke. Talk. Smoke.
|
||||||
|
Lunch. Talk. Smoke. Go home at 7: 30. Drink. Smoke. Drink. Smoke.
|
||||||
|
Then sex, sex, sex.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Congratulations on your engagement! Has it been easier or
|
||||||
|
harder to work with Andrea now that you're in a relationship with her?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : It's much harder to get us out of the trailor...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Do you like the story line of war of this season vs. the
|
||||||
|
peace keeping nature of the first season?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
JerryDoyle : Conflict is always good for drama. And we shure as hell got
|
||||||
|
conflict.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Who do or did you enjoy working with the most in the first
|
||||||
|
season? In the second season?
|
||||||
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JerryDoyle : I haven't read the bible. (the bible for the story) But I
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JerryDoyle : Who wrote this? Do I know you?
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really politick, distrusts authority, and hates the abuse of it, and
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basically doesn't like to take any crap, and that's causes him problems in
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both relationships and career.
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JerryDoyle : If we get word that the show is coming back for a third
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season, I plan to take the three months off and travel. If we're not
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coming back, I'll probably still take three months off, but probably not
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spend as much. After that, who knows.
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"closed" in a movie or in an epsoide.
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JerryDoyle : My understanding is that all characters, plot points, and
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story lines, will be resolved by the last episode of the fifth year.
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games? There seems to be an influence in some of the "in jokes on screen.
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JerryDoyle : I'm sorry, but I don't understand the question...
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shows in the sci/fi arena receive. Why is that?
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JerryDoyle : That's more a question for the PR and marketing people. All
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we can do is put out the best product we can. Then it's up to other
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people to help it along.
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Trek films for Babylon 5?
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JerryDoyle : I've heard some talk about a feature at the end of the fifth
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year, but there's nothing set at this pt.
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Question : Might Garibaldi and Ivanova get together???
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JerryDoyle : I kind of doubt it. But, you never know.
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Question : In involvement in B5, what moment do you look back on as
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your best work, what you were most proud of?
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JerryDoyle : I was most proud of the day I got the job.
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surronding the death of the president, will we learn moreof the conditions
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of this and what if any clues can you give us to these events
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JerryDoyle : Trust Garibaldi's information on this one. There's going to
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be a very interesting revelation, probably before this season ends.
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Question : Jerry, did you try out for any of the other roles on B5
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before getting the role of Garibaldi?
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JerryDoyle : No.
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JerryDoyle : Gotta be the Centauri. Bald women are kinda hot.
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Question : Babylon 5 has a more epic, ongoing story line than most of
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the other science fictions shows that focus on one shot plots. Would you
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like more variety than the constant story being played out on B5?
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JerryDoyle : I like things just the way they are.
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past episodes. How much information do you as an actor get in advance as
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to what is going to happen, and how far in advance?
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JerryDoyle : Like I said earlier, I haven't read the bible (story bible)
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so I don't really know where the story line is headed. As far as scripts
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go, we get them about a week before they shoot. I typically don't read
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the script until we start shooting it.
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they are over done?
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JerryDoyle : It won an emmy!
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JerryDoyle : Humphrey Bogart/Andrea Thompson.
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on a syndicated program versus the typical network variety?
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JerryDoyle : The mechanics of television, to me, have little to do with
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the process. What's important is the product. And whether it's network
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or syndicated, you have to deliver, or you're gone.
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JerryDoyle : None at this time.
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HOL Live : BFried989 wants to know if you like meeting your fans, and
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some information on the upcoming Texas con..
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JerryDoyle : Yeah, I like meeting them.
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JerryDoyle : As far as Texas goes, it's someplace in Houston, April 21,
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22, and 23. I don't have any phone numbers or addresses with me. But
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perhaps, Linda Shapley, my illustrious director of the Garibaldi and
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Company Fan Club might.
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JerryDoyle : I'm sure you'll be able to find her on the 'net.
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Question : Sorry if this has been asked already but why exactly did the
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actor who played Sinclair leave the show, I was really starting to like
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him.
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JerryDoyle : Ask him.
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|
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JerryDoyle : Sorry, but I'm not sure.
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Question : What kinds of roles do you want to tackle outside the Bab 5
|
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arena?
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JerryDoyle : Roles that pay me $10 million a picture. Seriously, I've
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always wanted to do a pirate movie.
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HOL Live : Jerry - How do you like communicating through cyberspace,
|
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such as in this sort of live chat?
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JerryDoyle : It's cool - I don't have to shave.
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HOL Live : And our last question for this evening.. Cathuse wants to
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know what's your favorite episode.
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Question : What aspect of Garibaldi is the most difficult for you to
|
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portray as an actor?
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JerryDoyle : My favorite episode was the first episode of the second
|
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season. I was in a coma, said nothing and got paid the same.
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JerryDoyle : The sober part.
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JerryDoyle : (Happy St. Patrick's Day)
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HOL Live : Thanks for coming this evening, Jerry. Any closing comments
|
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to our audience?
|
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JerryDoyle : Thanks for watching the show and for you're continued
|
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support. I hope you guys have as much fun watching the show as we do
|
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making it.
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JerryDoyle : See ya!
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OnlineHost : Our thanks to Jerry Doyle from Babylon 5 for appearing
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online tonight and to Hollywood Online's Inside Hollywood for arranging
|
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|
this conference. A transcript of this chat will be made available in the
|
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|
Hollywood Online Inside Hollywood Press Conference Transcript area within
|
||||||
|
the next 24 hours. Next week, Hollywood Online presents: Pauly Shore -
|
||||||
|
March 21 Taylor Hackford, director of "Dolores Claiborne" on March 22 An
|
||||||
|
OSCARS Special featuring the debut of the weekly Film Scouts Chat! Join
|
||||||
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the Critics' Roundtable as famous film critics from all over the world
|
||||||
|
make their Oscar picks! The audience will be invited onstage to
|
||||||
|
participate! Don't forget - March 27th - the Hollywood Online Oscars
|
||||||
|
Party! Win fabulous prizes and join Hollywood Online, Kim Komando, Motley
|
||||||
|
Fool, The Trivia Club and other great areas on AOL as we give you thebest
|
||||||
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Online Oscars Party! Prizes include Forrest Gump soundtracks and a
|
||||||
|
special private chat with a Hollywood agent and a special celebrity guest!
|
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|
From Anna Valdez and the rest of Hollywood Online.. Good Night, America!
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OnlineHost : Copyright 1995 America Online, Inc.
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On Tuesday, October 25th, Babylon 5 Online hosted a *LIVE* Interview with the
|
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creator and cast of "Babylon 5." The transcript of that event appears below,
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and has been edited.
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OnlineHost : Copyright 1995 America Online, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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OnlineHost : Welcome to the Globe Auditorium. In a few minutes, you will be
|
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|
able to board BABYLON 5, the coolest space station on America Online! Our
|
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|
guests this evening are Bruce Boxleitner (Cpt. John Sheridan) and J. Michael
|
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Straczynski, the show's creator.
|
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|
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|
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|
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OnlineHost : Have you every discussed future nation relations with a Minbari?
|
||||||
|
Do you know better than to not play with Shadows? If not, then come aboard
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5 Online, AOL's hottest new space station.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
OnlineHost : To inaugurate the opening of the new space station, Babylon 5
|
||||||
|
Online (keyword - BABYLON) welcomes you all to participate in our special
|
||||||
|
live online conference event featuring Bruce Boxleitner, who plays Captain
|
||||||
|
John Sheridan, and J. Michael Straczynski, the show's creator.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
OnlineHost : Before becoming one of television's most popular captain, Bruce
|
||||||
|
Boxleitner made an impression on audiences with his roles in the television
|
||||||
|
hit "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" and the telefilms "Wyatt Earp: Return to
|
||||||
|
Tombstone," "Gunsmoke V: One Man's Justice," "House of Secrets," "The
|
||||||
|
Secret," "The Town Bully," "East of Eden" and "Double Jeopardy."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost : Babylon 5 show creator John Michael Straczynski is no stranger
|
||||||
|
to the sci fi genre. He served as writer on "The Twilight Zone" and has
|
||||||
|
earned several prestigious nominations for his work on "The Strange Case of
|
||||||
|
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." He was also a producer on the hit show "Murder, She
|
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Wrote."
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B5 Online : Welcome Bruce and Joe
|
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Jms at B5 : It's Actor-Boy & Writer-Boy, the All Sidekick Revenge Squad!!
|
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B5 Online : We'll take the first question.
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||||||
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BB at B5 : You've been eating too much chocolate again, Joe.
|
||||||
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|
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|
Question : Does B5 have an artificial gravity field or does the spinning of
|
||||||
|
the station create the gravity on it?
|
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : WHAT? WHAT? HYPER? WHO?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : The rotating section provides all B5's gravity. The cargo area
|
||||||
|
atop the station is zero-g, as is the central docking core.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Cat Clock
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Is it a conspiracy or coincidence that most of the actors on B5
|
||||||
|
were in "Tron"?
|
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : I certainly hope it's a conspiracy; will make coming to work
|
||||||
|
more interesting.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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BB at B5 : There are only two of us, myself and Peter Jurasik
|
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : And Peter's 6-foot rabbit friend Mr. Mord... er, Harvey.
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online : From IrnMike4u
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Where will the series lead us in the next year. Will we discover
|
||||||
|
the reasons for the murder of the president? Will we discover the predictions
|
||||||
|
of the former commander will come true?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Yes on the first; you must realize that the show proceeds in a
|
||||||
|
logical order, if we set something up in the beginning, we kinda have to pay
|
||||||
|
it off...so here we have our people investigating this assassination, sooner
|
||||||
|
or later this is going to have to come out, and they'll have to deal with the
|
||||||
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repercussions...all proceeding logically. This coming season is when all the
|
||||||
|
triggers get pulled, and all the birds come home to roost.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Cat Clock
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Is it true the idea for the Draasi conflict stemmed from a
|
||||||
|
writer listening to two kids arguing for their favorite type of Hi-C?
|
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Jms at B5 : (I thought we didn't allow drinking during these conferences)
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No.
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B5 Online : From MYSTRESS
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Jms at B5 : love the name
|
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|
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Question : Will we find out how Zathris got to the planet??
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Absolutely. Actually, he's been there the whole time. He leaves
|
||||||
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later, which is earlier for us, since we saw him before the after where he
|
||||||
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left. (suddenly seasick)
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BB at B5 : I tell you its the chocolate
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online : From AFA Dave
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : I saw the new B5 area, very nice graphics! I hope you upload
|
||||||
|
several of the special effects shots in Quicktime format. What will become
|
||||||
|
of the telepath's character now that she has gone back to PsiCorp? Is she
|
||||||
|
off the show?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Very nearly certainly...unless I change my mind....
|
||||||
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|
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B5 Online : From Asmat
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question : A question for JMS, any truth to the rumor that Neil Gaiman will
|
||||||
|
script some episodes?
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Jms at B5 : I'd love to have Neil do some work; he keeps dodging it, off
|
||||||
|
doing his OWN work, how selfish.
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online : From Kasper549 To Bruce:
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question : I have heard that the B5 story is already mapped out. How long
|
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will it take to run and is there any guarantee that the show will be on for
|
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as long as it takes?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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BB at B5 : First of all in television there are no guarantees... I think
|
||||||
|
there's a very good chance that we'll be around for the end of this saga.
|
||||||
|
How's that great maker?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : There are no guarantees this side of the grave. Except that I
|
||||||
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will continue to lose hair.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Chirurgeo
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question : Bruce, I have enjoyed all of your roles since How the West was
|
||||||
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Won. What was it like entering B5 in the middle so to speak?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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BB at B5 : Quite exciting, a bit daunting, and now I feel totally at home.
|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Just that damned horse parked out back.
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OnlineHost : If you have an opinion to share on the upcoming war, the
|
||||||
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Minbari, Captain Sheridan or find out how Babylon 5 fans meet in real-life,
|
||||||
|
try the BABCOM Communications Center message boards at keyword BABYLON 5.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Vnette
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : I suspect that replacing Sinclair was not in your original plan,
|
||||||
|
how does the replacement change your overall 5 year storyline?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Only in that it widens the scope of the story, and allows me to
|
||||||
|
do more stuff than I had first thought possible; it's helped accelerate the
|
||||||
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storyline. It's been a help.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
OnlineHost : To get to Babylon 5 Online, try keyword BABYLON 5. There are
|
||||||
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plenty of pictures, video clips and soundbites to download!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Amb Delen for Bruce
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : What can you tell us about the relationship developing between
|
||||||
|
Delenn and Sheridan.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : It's very cool.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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BB at B5 : Just what I read in the scripts...
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||||||
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||||||
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Jms at B5 : And it will also continue to grow closer as things get...more
|
||||||
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difficult around them.
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online : From J9P
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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BB at B5 : Joe keeps a lot of the storyline close to his vest.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Bruce, all the best to you and Melissa on the arrival of your
|
||||||
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new son. What's your favorite role you've ever played?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Oops. sorry, Bruce, didn't see that was directed to you.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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BB at B5 : Thank you from both Melissa and I. My favorite role....Capt.
|
||||||
|
John Sheridan of course.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : (Memo to self: pay Bruce this week. Good answer.)
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 Online : From DoDaDh
|
||||||
|
Question : Are we ever going to see Kosh?
|
||||||
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|
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Jms at B5 : Of course...and you'll see Kosh by this season's end (in 2
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weeks)
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OnlineHost : After this event, hang out at the Eclipse Cafe. Meet other
|
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Babylon 5 fans and talk about the upcoming war. The intergalactic fun is at
|
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keyword BABYLON 5 under the "Chat Area" icon.
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B5 Online : From MYSTRESS
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Question : Just what kind of "relationship" Talia and Ivanova have?? More
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than just friends??
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BB at B5 : Closer than friends.
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Jms at B5 : They're very close, yes.
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B5 Online : From Songokute
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Question : JMS: Are we going to find out the Vorlon's real intentions
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soon?
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Jms at B5 : Yes, but not soonish...it has to come out gradually, by contrast
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with another side.
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B5 Online : From WCC Lev
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Question : Bruce, how much do you find yourself getting into the story and
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wanting to know more of the arc? Jerry Doyle seemed to look at the show as
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more of a job when he was here. Are you getting addicted, or keeping your
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distance?
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BB at B5 : Completely addicted. I've now read the next three episodes
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beyond what we are shooting now and can't wait to read more. Write faster,
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Joe.
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Jms at B5 : dancing as fast as I can, Bruce
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B5 Online : From Quel Drom
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Question : My question is for Mr. Straczynski. I heard a rumor that Robert
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Culp will be appearing on the show. Will he and what will he be.
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Jms at B5 : It's our hope to eventually do a follow-up to the Outer Limits
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episode Harlan wrote, DEMON WITH A GLASS HAND, with Culp reprising his role;
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in the fullness of time.
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B5 Online : From Winter999
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Question : What's the word on video releases in the US?
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Jms at B5 : WB doesn't seem to think anybody'd be interested in buying the
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show on tape, even though in the UK it's #6 on the sell-through charts
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(after Schindler's List), we're hoping the fans can...educate them.
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B5 Online : From Futrworke
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Question : In the comic book there was a scene from the past where Talia
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was being experimented on by Psi-corps. Is this when she had the other
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personality implanted? Are you going to bring in another telelpath?
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Jms at B5 : Yes, that was when Talia and others had certain modifications
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made...and Lyta will be seen more next season, on many occasions, but a
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regular PsiCorps teep...no.
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B5 Online : From GinHart
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Question : Will the Shadows get what's coming to them soon?
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Jms at B5 : Depends on what you think is coming to them.
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BB at B5 : Don't be so impatient. It's just starting to get interesting in
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our galaxy.
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Jms at B5 : Suffice there are interesting things in store for them...and
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from them to us.
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B5 Online : From WCC Lev
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Question : Bruce, how does it feel to see the show after the post
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production work is done? None of the previous work I've seen you in has
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special effects. Does it change your performance, or can you "see" what's
|
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supposed to happen?
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BB at B5 : Each time it's a terrific surprise to see the finished show,
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it's hard to imagine so of Ron Thornton's creations when all you see on set
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is a big blue screen.
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Jms at B5 : Actually Bruce IS a special effect; in reality he's only 4'3"
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with one leg. Whose leg, we don't know
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B5 Online : From RDunn2344
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Question : Bruce,what is your favorite episode of b5 sofar
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BB at B5 : The Coming of Shadows and Shadow of Za'ha'dum are my favorites
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so far...and the ep you will see in two weeks, the finale to season two.
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WOW!!
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Question : I recently saw a newsletter saying that many of the cast from B5
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will be appearing at the ConRad in Universal City this coming weekend. How
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accurate is this? and will the both of you be there? if so, when?
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Jms at B5 : I won't be there, no, nor will Harlan; there are apparently some
|
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misconceptions on this.
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BB at B5 : I will be co-hosting the SciFi Universe Magazine Awards this
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weekend at Universal City, some of the other cast and production folks will
|
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be there at the Awards, but not the con.
|
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Jms at B5 : He'll be doing it with Nana Visitor. Er, hosting. (Hi,
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Melissa.)
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B5 Online : From MAKagle
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Question : Sorry, will we se SINCLAIR again as a recurring character?
|
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Jms at B5 : There are no immediate plans for that, no, though he'll be
|
||||||
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appearing in a 2-parter this coming 3rd season, as Ranger One coming to B5.
|
||||||
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B5 Online : From SueKamaka
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question : Will be seeing an more of Na'Toth this season?
|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Na'Toth's last words: "Look, that looks like a big ol' meteor
|
||||||
|
coming this way." BTW, as Bruce just reminded me, Majel Barrett Roddenberry
|
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|
is doing a guest... appearance on B5 this coming season, to support B5 and
|
||||||
|
end this silly feud.
|
||||||
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||||||
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B5 Online : From CASADELAR
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question : What is Sheridan's deepest thoughts concerning Ivana?
|
||||||
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|
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Jms at B5 : Nice shoes
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BB at B5 : She's probably his closest friend on B5....
|
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Jms at B5 : Good friend, confidante, fellow warrior, trusted ally. And nice
|
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shoes
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BB at B5 : And he wouldn't want to make her mad.
|
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Jms at B5 : great hair (of course I notice that)
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B5 Online : From BilboShir
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Question : What is the third age of Mankind... and the first two?
|
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Jms at B5 : If I told you the first 2, you'd know the third; the third's a
|
||||||
|
surprise. BTW, Brad Dourif also does a guest shot in the coming season
|
||||||
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|
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B5 Online : From Siebers
|
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|
||||||
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Question : How do you keep such a large cast together when individual
|
||||||
|
actors go episodes without a scene?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Crazy glue and branding irons. Actually, it's very hard,
|
||||||
|
because they're all very talented and you can't have every single actor in
|
||||||
|
every single episode, so you alternate, and give more time to some in one
|
||||||
|
script, then others in another script, and hope that in the final analysis,
|
||||||
|
it all works out. Paying them would also help, but we're still working that
|
||||||
|
out.
|
||||||
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BB at B5 : I'm bringing the horse into your office now.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Fine, you clean the carpet this time.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 Online : From Pnmnm5
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : JMS, when you first wrote the 5 year story arc, who did you
|
||||||
|
have in mind to be the traitor? I'm betting it was not the commercial
|
||||||
|
telepath character.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : Actually, it would've been Laurel Takashima, who would've been
|
||||||
|
the one who also shot Garibaldi.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From RTomasz18
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : whats coming up in the new season
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Theo and his 12 brothers come to B5...lots of stuff on the
|
||||||
|
station blows up, Sheridan gets command of a Minbari/Vorlon crossbreed
|
||||||
|
ship..Bester returns...Sheridan goes right up against a Shadow....old ones
|
||||||
|
get heard and seen...and Ivanova has the best line of the series to date in
|
||||||
|
Sheridan's bedroom.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Mic12345
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Will Sheriden fall in love
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : Yes.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : May have already happened, or be happening already
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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B5 Online : From Db3l
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : To JMS: Do you have any plans on publishing the Babylon 5 story
|
||||||
|
as a novel following the run of the series? And if so, would it be written
|
||||||
|
specifically to be a novel, or strictly as an adaptation of the serialized
|
||||||
|
version?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : "Listen, Mohammed, baby, now that you've just moved this
|
||||||
|
mountain, could you move the rest of that mountain range over there?" One
|
||||||
|
crisis at a time...just getting through this show now takes all my effort,
|
||||||
|
can't imagine past that now.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Songokute
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : BB, What episode was the funniest to act in, or which had the
|
||||||
|
most practical jokes?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : Crisis...you must be talking about the horse, right?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : OH! *That's* the horse...I thought that was Doug (my
|
||||||
|
partner). That explains saddle.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : Every episode with Ivanova and Sheridan in the Observation Dome,
|
||||||
|
winds up being pretty funny to get through. We've had some great gags
|
||||||
|
there. But there is humor almost every day we are shooting the series.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : cat-igniting tournaments on-set, always great fun
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Buxton95
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : What is it like to go through the jumpgate? that's gotta be
|
||||||
|
rush.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : I'd imagine it's a little like being audited. But REAL fast
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Cao Cao97
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Will we see Sheridan's old ship, the Agamemnon, in the great
|
||||||
|
war?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : .................oh, yeah (sinister, evil smile)
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : We'll see the Agamemnon next season....but you'll have to wait
|
||||||
|
and see what happens.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Chirurgeo
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : JMS, will the station be getting a new telepath?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : From the PsiCorps? No.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Annie Key
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : JMS - If you had been there when Kosh was revealed, what would
|
||||||
|
you have seen ?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Michigan J. Frog
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : The same as Londo. yuk yuk. ga
|
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : hey, actor-boy...c'mere...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From BDerb
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : What led you to do aScience fiction show, and specifically
|
||||||
|
where did the inspiration for B5 come from??
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Always an SF fan; wanted to do an epic since growing up on
|
||||||
|
them; inspiration not from any one source, but lots of little things:
|
||||||
|
history, religion, Jungian psychology, early Babylonian history, some
|
||||||
|
sociological stuff I wanted to get into, and 'cause I had a cool idea. SF is
|
||||||
|
made for this kind of show, but this kind of thing hasn't been done much on
|
||||||
|
American TV, though the British have done plenty of it. It's our turn.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Fillingim
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : When Morden was caught by Sheridan and in a cell, it appeared
|
||||||
|
the Morden was in a trance and he appeared to be trying to influence Sheridan
|
||||||
|
to let them go....Was the sound Sheridan heard over the Monitors that of the
|
||||||
|
Shadows influencing him?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : The sound was probably Bruce's agent paging him....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : At least my agent still calls.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Yeah, but he keeps forgetting your name.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : Sheridan was able to get a glimpse of the shadows accompanying
|
||||||
|
Morden.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : But no, no influence was exerted (Agent of Darkness above).
|
||||||
|
The sound just twigged him to see it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From DKeith215
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : BB how do you like playing Capt. Sheridan
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : I love it. I look forward to coming to work everyday, we have a
|
||||||
|
great cast and crew and the stories in the scripts are exciting to bring to
|
||||||
|
life.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From NCTRNLMN6
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Who does the music for your show?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Christopher Franke, one of the founding members of Tangerine
|
||||||
|
Dream.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : Visit the Web Site for Sonic Images through B5's jumpgate to the
|
||||||
|
World Wide Web! Keyword: Babylon5
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : You can order Chris's soundtrack via the Sonic Web
|
||||||
|
Page above
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From CamelWide
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Love the show. What's Andrea Thompson's status with the show?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : In a box by the door.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From SHOCKU
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Hi Bruce....Did you find it easy or difficult to switch from
|
||||||
|
doing Scarecro w and Mrs. King to B5
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : Scarecrow went off the air ten years ago. Therefore it was
|
||||||
|
easy.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From WAARLOCK
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Should mention btw there'll be a HUGE change in the show next
|
||||||
|
year. It'll be a total turn-around in the very structure of the B5 series and
|
||||||
|
universe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : When will the Shadows finally win and take their rightful place
|
||||||
|
as masters of us all<G>
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : As soon as Bob Dole is elected President.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : What kind of change can we expect?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : That would be telling. But it's a huge one, and a *permanent*
|
||||||
|
one.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From OscarJ
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Any hints on what will happen in season 3?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Matters get more intense. B5 has to deal with the whole
|
||||||
|
assassination storyline once and for all...and everything turns upside down
|
||||||
|
for everyone. Except Kosh.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Mfc2112
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : JMS, do you see recent changes in DS9's format as a response to
|
||||||
|
B5's popularity?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Certainly I'm pleased to see that they're responding to some of
|
||||||
|
the changes we've wrought on the world of SF, production-wise and in other
|
||||||
|
areas...our sense is that we can never "challenge" (though that's a wrong
|
||||||
|
word) the ST hold on SF financially in PR, established name value,
|
||||||
|
merchandising.. but we can challenge the hell out of them artistically...and
|
||||||
|
we hope that they come right back at us and challenge *us*...with the
|
||||||
|
ultimate beneficiary being the viewers.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Anthony H
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : We know B5 is five miles long, but what is the diameter of
|
||||||
|
Babylon 5?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Five hundred times this:
|
||||||
|
<--------------------------------------------------------------
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : five hundred THOUSAnd times Actually, that's a math
|
||||||
|
question...nobody told me there'd be a test, mathematics not Zathras'
|
||||||
|
skill...Ron Thornton has all that info.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From RDunn2344
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : jm, how many fighters does the b5 hold?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : 4 squadrons total...John C (I know you're there, stop
|
||||||
|
hiding)..how many per squad now?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : Nine at last count.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : And we've got backups here and there. We will be adding some NEW
|
||||||
|
starfuries next season
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
BB at B5 : Total with reserves, 60. Math, ugh
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From VetPsycWa
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : To JMS: B5 has become my favorite show, I like it much better
|
||||||
|
than Star Trek, and even the X-Files (my second favorite). Do you plan to do
|
||||||
|
a second five year mini-series? I can't stand the thought of it ending.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : I've always had a possible side-story that could go off after
|
||||||
|
this one, since in making B5, I worked out the story +/- 10 years on either
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CSEmcee5: Welcome to The Globe Mr. Straczynski and Ms. Christian.
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Jms at B5: Glad to be here.
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ClaudiaB5: Thank you, it's good to be here.
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Jms at B5: I created the show in 1986/87, and wrote the initial
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screenplay for the pilot movie in 1987, commissioned artwork, and began
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taking the project around to studios and networks, with my associates Doug
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the way we do. And here we are.
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happened at the Big Bang. Could you clear up what happened?
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Jms at B5: We had provided material for the organizers of the con on the
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strict notion that they were to be used only to make a demo for later
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merchandising. We then found that they were taking these items, mass
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producing and selling them without our knowledge, permission, or license.
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to withdraw official sanctioning of the con, although we are allowing
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those cast members concerned about fans with non-refundable airline
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tickets and non-refunding con tickets, to go for their benefit.
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Ms. Christian?
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ClaudiaB5: Absolutely nothing. Ivanova's mold was broken after creation.
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Jms at B5: And we're all thankful.
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intimate relationship with Talia. Will this come about?
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ClaudiaB5: Been there. Done it. Worn the T-shirt
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nomination. He was excellent in that episode.
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Jms at B5: I think we chose "Coming of Shadows" for that, actually. We've
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nominated many in our cast for emmies.
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ClaudiaB5: Yes, actually I do.
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Jms at B5: To the last degree, virtually every episode for the full five
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year run that I want this show to last for. It's a novel for TV, and you
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generally have to outline to know where you're going.
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between seasons?
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ClaudiaB5: Too many to talk about.
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ClaudiaB5: I don't think they draw me well at all.
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Jms at B5: As far as I know, it's selling very well, and has just gone to
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better stock paper. I'm happy with the stories, and there's some surprises
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going, in that we're hooking in some of the series stuff, introducing a
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new character in the comic who will likely show up in the series (I'll be
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doing another 4-issue arc, by the way).
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ClaudiaB5: And that's just the commercials.
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tough, take-charge character?
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ClaudiaB5: Very close, in fact this morning I kicked my dog, ate
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breakfast and went go-cart racing.
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Morden. Will there be more episodes featuring them?
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Jms at B5: You will definitely see more of Morden, and we have some
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interesting plans for Sinclair.
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development?
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ClaudiaB5: Absolutely none. Joe rules!
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Question: To Claudia: Hi, I was wondering if you were from Russia just
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like the character you play.
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ClaudiaB5: Born in Glendale. Raised in Connecticut.
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Overall, he's a free-floating agent of chaos, who gets into anything he
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wants to. He's a joy to work with.
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of it, how much will we see at the end of this season and how much at the
|
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end of the story?
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chance of it ending. As for this season (I misread your question) (stupid
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producer boy) you'll have all of the questions asked at the start of the
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Question: What happened to the 4 previous B5s?
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Jms at B5: 1 - Sabotaged. 2 - Sabotaged. 3 - Blowed up. 4 - Vanished
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mysteriously.
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Question: Are models used for the ships and station or are they all
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computer generated?
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Jms at B5: All Computer Generated Images (CGI); including Claudia.
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ClaudiaB5: Sorry. I are an actor.
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|
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be more than one episode on a tape?
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Jms at B5: I've been TOLD they're going to be out over the summer, but
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have no objective way of verifying that.
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|
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mother (i.e. latent telepathy) in future episodes?
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Jms at B5: Not as much this year as last; more of an important reference,
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ClaudiaB5: Been there. Done that. Worn the T-shirt.
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Jms at B5: Claudia, leave your T-shirt alone.
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Question: Ms. Christian, do you feel that Cmdr. Ivanova could be
|
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considered a role model for females, especially those interested in the
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military?
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Jms at B5: (Can't WAIT for this answer.)
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ClaudiaB5: Absolutely! I feel honored that a new generation of young
|
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girls no longer feel the need to be secretaries. Ivanova is God.
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Question: What can you tell us about next weeks show "And Now For A
|
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Word"?
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Jms at B5: It's a break in our usual format. Something we haven't done
|
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before, and which hasn't been done in SF tv before, to my knowledge. But
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to tell it up front would ruin the surprise for those who don't want it
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spoiled.
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ClaudiaB5: It's a great episode.
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Question: I have watched Claudia for a long time. When she was in the
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Hidden I have that on video tape. I think she is a wonderful actress. How
|
||||||
|
did she get started in show business?
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Jms at B5: Working in the original CB DeMille silent movies.
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ClaudiaB5: With absolutely no help and a lot of gumption.
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Jms at B5: Gumption is what you find on your shoes, by the way.
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ClaudiaB5: With Joe as my personal assistant.
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Jms at B5: Call me Igor.
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ClaudiaB5: Actually he was my makeup artist but he's a little shy.
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Question: JMS: You said (on the net) that tomorrow night's episode would
|
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have something special for videotapers. My fiancee broke the VCR. Any
|
||||||
|
chance you could tell us when in the episode we should squint real hard?
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Jms at B5: Do you know how much makeup covering that scar requires? To
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the question; look for the end of the long reference to the Psi Corps. As
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they smile, you'll see it.
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||||||
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Question: With the warrior caste dominant in the Council, does this mean
|
||||||
|
the Earth -Minbari was is in danger of starting up again?
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||||||
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Jms at B5: Who can say?
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Question: One thing that I enjoy about the B5 is the complex plot and
|
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character development but this also makes it more difficult to interest
|
||||||
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friends in the show (so much back history). Any way to help bring new
|
||||||
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comers up to speed?
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||||||
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||||||
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ClaudiaB5: You should point out that the episode is next week not this
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week.
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||||||
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||||||
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Jms at B5: Actually, the episode next week, And Now For a Word, is
|
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DESIGNED in part to help new viewers come to the show. Interestingly
|
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enough, though, I've received many letters from overseas, where they show
|
||||||
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the series out of order totally, and the folks seem to have no problem
|
||||||
|
getting into it. All the episodes are self-contained.
|
||||||
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||||||
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ClaudiaB5: Send me $9.99 for a complete unauthorized compilation of the
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series.
|
||||||
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||||||
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Jms at B5: Or send it to her next of kin.
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||||||
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||||||
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Question: How many Video Toasters do you have rendering the effects for
|
||||||
|
the show?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: 15,423. It's a BIG room. Actually, I think it's 10. But 15,423
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sounded better.
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||||||
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ClaudiaB5: Actually there are 35 toasters
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||||||
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||||||
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Question: When will we find out more about Kosh?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5: This season. By season's end, you'll know a LOT. You may even
|
||||||
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SEE Kosh. And Kosh may SEE.
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Claudia. Eeek! Promises, promises, Joey baby.
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Question: It seems that the sets have been getting larger and more
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elaborate. Who is mostly responsible for the look of the show and how has
|
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it changed since the pilot?
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Jms at B5: John Iacovelli, our art director, John Copeland, who works
|
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with him, John Flinn, our DP, all the little Johns and the construction
|
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crew. We have 18 standing sets and the capacity for 70 swing sets.
|
||||||
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||||||
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Question: Do you or will you ever entertain scripts from freelance
|
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|
writers?
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Jms at B5: I don't entertain anyone.
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ClaudiaB5: I only entertain writers.
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||||||
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Jms at B5: Then why are you in the other office?
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Question: Are there any planes for a motion picture?
|
||||||
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||||||
|
Jms at B5: Nope. Don't want no franchise. Don't want no movie. Just do
|
||||||
|
TV.
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||||||
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ClaudiaB5: But I'm available.
|
||||||
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||||||
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Jms at B5: Tell your story and get off the stage. 5 years with Claudia is
|
||||||
|
enough for anyone, Lord knows.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question: For JMS: What is your favorite episode of Babylon 5
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: So far, of what's aired, "The Coming of Shadows," but overall
|
||||||
|
so far, the episode later this season, "The Long, Twilight Struggle" tied
|
||||||
|
with "Comes the Inquisitor."
|
||||||
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||||||
|
Question: For Claudia: How does B5 compare to your other works?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I didn't have to put up with Joe Straczynski on the other
|
||||||
|
shows.
|
||||||
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||||||
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Jms at B5: Also, here we allow her to speak. Barely.
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||||||
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||||||
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ClaudiaB5: Thank God for talkies.
|
||||||
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||||||
|
Question: Any words on a Babylon 5 CD-ROM?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Late fall, I hear. I also hear voices in the night telling me
|
||||||
|
I'm Joan of Arc. One of them is right.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question: Two questions: How can I write to the producers of the show,
|
||||||
|
and is there an official fan club? I'm not the type that normally goes for
|
||||||
|
this sort of thing, but this show is really worth it!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: You can write to me via AOL, and we hope to have an official
|
||||||
|
fan club up soonish.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: How come everybody always claims not to be the type?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Ivanova's a strong female character, yet men seem to love her
|
||||||
|
rather than feel threatened. Why do you think this is?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Because I'm so irresistible and humble.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: (thud)!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Has your budget for special effects increased over time?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Very slightly. We generally do fine with what we have.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Have any of the plots used in scripts for "the other Space
|
||||||
|
Station series" caused you to alter the story arc?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I think I dropped one or two notions because they'd walked
|
||||||
|
into that arena on other shows, like DS9, but they never got very far, and
|
||||||
|
our way of handling them would be very different in any event. It's
|
||||||
|
inevitable. But less so the deeper we get into the story.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Claudia: How does it feel knowing that JMS knows what's going
|
||||||
|
to happen to your character down the line, and he won't tell? Do you try
|
||||||
|
to get a hint out of him?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I've invested a lot of money trying to pry the info from him
|
||||||
|
and then I tried sex. Nothing worked.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I have SEVERAL hints for Claudia. But she keeps insisting on
|
||||||
|
continuing to act. Hey! What's this "nothing worked" bit?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Like what?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: What?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Act like what?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: A BETTER PERSON, ALL RIGHT?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I love you Joe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Lord, people, you have no idea. She's a cutie, but we're both
|
||||||
|
going to hell for this. Has ANYONE out there got a question to save us
|
||||||
|
from ourselves?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Can you tell us about Garibaldi (can't remember the actor's
|
||||||
|
name) and his resume when he auditioned? I hear it is a funny story.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: His resume had some creative writing. He listed among his
|
||||||
|
bogus credits: "Member, Dance Theater of Harlem." I said "Okay, dance."
|
||||||
|
Total fiction.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Will any computer game companies be picking up the rights to B5
|
||||||
|
for a new game? If you know of any>?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Not yet. Someone might be picking up Claudia.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: It seems like Ambassador Delen has taken a minor role lately.
|
||||||
|
Will that change in the future?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Definitely. We have major plans for Delenn.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: This may be a silly question, but it is one that I have asked
|
||||||
|
when watching almost every episode. Do Membari wear some type of
|
||||||
|
headdress, or are those things on their heads actually part of their
|
||||||
|
heads?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: It's bone that grows around from the back, like antlers.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I certainly hope so.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: What are the titles of the remaining episodes in the season?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: There All the Honor Lies, And Now for a Word, Knives, In the
|
||||||
|
Shadow of Z'ha'dum, Confessions and Lamentations, The Long Twilight
|
||||||
|
Struggle, Divided Loyalties, Comes the Inquisitor, and The Fall of Night.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: JMS, how much do the other people working on the show know
|
||||||
|
about the story arc?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: As little as possible. I could tell them, but then I'd have to
|
||||||
|
kill them.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Diddly squat.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Which is a new exercising regimen.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: For JMS, when will we find out how someone managed to poison
|
||||||
|
Kosh through his suit?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: In the pilot, we saw him extend a part of himself. So that's
|
||||||
|
obviously how. Question remains, WHY expose himself like this if he's
|
||||||
|
worried about being seen? This will be implied in this season.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: In ST:NG, DS9, and recently in ST:V, the recurring plot of a
|
||||||
|
malfunctioning holodeck seems to dominate the episodes. Do you predict any
|
||||||
|
recurring plots that might happen in B5?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: No. The B5 tech works right out of the box.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Yes, the ongoing war between Claudia and Joe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: War of the Roses? War of 1812?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: The battle between the north and south.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: North and the Mouth?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: After the five year "arc" is done will the show be canceled?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Unless there's a planned side-story, yes, that's the intent.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I'll be continuing dinner theater.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Are we going to be seeing more of or hearing from the telepath
|
||||||
|
Gray?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Not this season.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Will we be seeing a connection between Susan and the Raiders?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Soupy Sales is playing Sheridan in Spring Valley.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Nope. Will you take Foreign Breeds of Frogs for fifty dollars?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Will B4 come back or will it stay vanished?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Yes.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I'll be back and I'll take obscure writers for a hundred.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: You win.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: JMS, B5's storyline is very complex, plots within plots within
|
||||||
|
plots. How do you and the writers keep it flowing as well as you do?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Again, by virtue that I outlined all this 7 years ago. It's
|
||||||
|
all in 200 pages of notes. Along with Ivanova's impending death scene (if
|
||||||
|
this conference keeps going the way it is)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Does that mean I don't get the raise?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: What raise?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: JMS, How much do you feel that the Internet has helped to
|
||||||
|
bolster the show's ratings?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Actually, I don't think it has, in that the numbers aren't
|
||||||
|
there, but it helps to give me. a sense of the room, and I think it's
|
||||||
|
important, in producing a
|
||||||
|
show, to remain both open and accountable to the fans of the SF genre, who
|
||||||
|
are generally the most exploited genre fans around. Good or bad, I'm here
|
||||||
|
for the duration.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: (thud).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Exactly how long does it take to film an episode, as well as
|
||||||
|
apply the make and costumes to the aliens?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: 7 days to film. 52 days to finish everything. 42 days for
|
||||||
|
Claudia to learn her lines.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: JMS, the show is very allegorical and an epic of biblical
|
||||||
|
proportions. Are the Vorlons an allusion to angels and the Shadows an
|
||||||
|
allusion to demons?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I just like seeing Joe face to face.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Not really, no. It goes a lot deeper than that. The show
|
||||||
|
operates on many levels; you can't stop at that level.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Ivanova is God.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: By the way, before we stop in a bit, I just want to make
|
||||||
|
ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that I have nothing but respect and awe and affection for
|
||||||
|
Claudia, and we get on here to play, and she's fun, and she plays back.
|
||||||
|
Also she's on my lap.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Move your hand Joe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: That's not my hand.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: In that case does that come in adult size?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Not in years.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: All good things must come to an end. Our time is up for this
|
||||||
|
event.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: The live online interview, along with unique souvenir files,
|
||||||
|
will be featured on the "EXTRA" TV show later this week. Also, look in
|
||||||
|
EXTRA Online for a transcript of the interview along with the EXCLUSIVE
|
||||||
|
"Babylon 5" Online souvenir files. Keyword: EXTRA, look in "Special
|
||||||
|
Presentations."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
CSEmcee5: Thank you both for joining us tonight! I hope you had as good a
|
||||||
|
time as we all did.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: It was great.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Thanks, I've had a blast. Got to run before Joe kills me.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
CSEmcee5: Good night everyone. Thanks for joining us tonight.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: And thanks for all the support.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: Thank you for joining EXTRA Online for this Special
|
||||||
|
Presentation Interview with J. Michael Straczynski and Claudia Christian
|
||||||
|
of "Babylon 5." Be sure to check out the special area on EXTRA Online for
|
||||||
|
the "Tribute to Babylon 5" area, which holds a wealth of downloadable
|
||||||
|
resources for "Babylon 5" fans, including EXCLUSIVE and CUSTOM MADE video
|
||||||
|
and audio files, plus photos of the current and first seasons.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: Also, be sure to join us next week when we present "Spotlight
|
||||||
|
on The American Gladiators," which will include a special area for
|
||||||
|
downloading Video and Photos of the men and women Gladiators, plus
|
||||||
|
information on how to get tickets to a taping of the show!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: If you're not already on our mailing list, take the time to
|
||||||
|
add yourself so we can keep you posted of these and other upcoming Special
|
||||||
|
Events!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: Thank you once again. This has been an EXTRA Online Special
|
||||||
|
Presentation.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost: Copyright 1995 America Online, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
|
||||||
|
|
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|
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|
Transmitted: 95-06-08 17:02:08 EDT
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,519 @@
|
||||||
|
Here is the complete official transcript of the AOL conference with JMS
|
||||||
|
and Claudia Christian from Tuesday 3/14:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Welcome everyone. It was the dawn of the third age of
|
||||||
|
mankind. We're here with Babylon 5 creator, J. Michael
|
||||||
|
Straczynski and Claudia Christian, Commander Susan Ivanova from
|
||||||
|
the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Welcome!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Hi, all.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Hi, everyone! What's up?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I should mention that Claudia braved terrible
|
||||||
|
freeways to be here....only a few wrecked cars on the side of
|
||||||
|
the road to show for it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Let's get started with our first question from BabG
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: I really enjoy watching Babylon 5. I think Ivanova's
|
||||||
|
character is great. How much of yourself goes into it?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: You're just jealous cuz you don't drive, Joey baby.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Now with you on the roads.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I mean NOT!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: How about a question?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: You just got one.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Cast your eyes skyward a few lines.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: As much as they allow on an 8 o'clock show. ga
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: The next question for Claudia comes from Motie2...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Claudia! Hello. When can we expect a sequel to
|
||||||
|
"Hexed"?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: May I remind you that I died.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Our next "question" comes from Unixfan
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Hi Jms. I know we're not supposed to ask "What do you
|
||||||
|
want?" How about "What do *I*want?"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I as in me? Or I as in you?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: If the answer is what do I personally want....the
|
||||||
|
only thing I really want is to tell stories. It's all I've ever
|
||||||
|
really wanted. Well, that and a nice cheese sandwich, a piece
|
||||||
|
fruit, and Carol Lynley.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: To just tell the stories that occupy my brain until
|
||||||
|
they're told out.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: 50 people at random attending tonight's event will
|
||||||
|
receive a special DC Comics Babylon 5 poster!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Drive-by random posterings.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: A question from MSteenber for Claudia...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Claudia, do you feel you broke new ground with your
|
||||||
|
character, Ivanova, being the first female-in-high-command in
|
||||||
|
science fiction? How do you feel about your newest "rival,"
|
||||||
|
Kate Mulgrew from Startrek: Voyager?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Absolutely, to part one of your question...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Part 2 -- they must have helium on the Voyager.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: You're here with Claudia Christian, Commander Susan
|
||||||
|
Ivanova from the hit TV series Babylon 5...and J.Michael
|
||||||
|
Straczynski, the show's creator.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Soon to be deceased.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I kinda think Claudia fertilized new ground.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: The next question comes from Landtrout...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Claudia, why do you wear only one earring on the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: In memory of my brother, both real and in the series,
|
||||||
|
who died.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: An often asked question from Asmat...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Questions for JMS: Will Sinclair return in a starring
|
||||||
|
role?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: There are no plans at this time, though we will see
|
||||||
|
him again at some point.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: A continuity question from Adewald...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Hi. Love the show. It is very addictive. Can you tell
|
||||||
|
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closely the comic is following the stroyline? And the recent
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novel as well?
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Jms at B5: They tend to parallel the storyline in the series;
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you can get more, but they're not required reading per se. Some
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||||||
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minor elements will have to change, but overall, the events that
|
||||||
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happen in them also happen in the series. BTW.
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DCOMLeib: Our next question for Claudia comes from Gratfuldy..
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Question: Claudia how do you like playing Ivanova?
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ClaudiaB5: Beats working at Ralph's. No, seriously, I love my
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job and the character of Susan.
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Jms at B5: I should mention that a writer can write all the
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great lines he wants, but they're useless
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DCOMLeib: The information we're all here for...a question asked
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by KrisVC...
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Question: Love the show. What is in store for the rest of the
|
||||||
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season?
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Jms at B5: unless you have someone as talented as Claudia and
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the others to bring them to life.
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||||||
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Jms at B5: What, you want me to tell you the end of the story?
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Is this some leftover trace....of the communist system in
|
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operation? Who sent you? The Centauri?
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DCOMLeib: LOL
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Jms at B5: Lots of things blow up. Then it gets quiet. Then
|
||||||
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somebody isn't who we thought that...person was. Then more
|
||||||
|
stuff blows up. Then something mind-bogglingly awful happens.
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||||||
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||||||
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Jms at B5: And then we wait for next season.
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||||||
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||||||
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ClaudiaB5: And those are just the commercials.
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||||||
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DCOMLeib: A behind the scenes question from Elissapax...
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||||||
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||||||
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Question: jms and cc: what is the general mood of the show
|
||||||
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taping? Is there a lot of joking, etc. or does everyone pretty
|
||||||
|
much take things seriously?
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||||||
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||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: We have a ball making B5. At least I do.
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||||||
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Jms at B5: Simple answer to the question: as you walk down the
|
||||||
|
halls of the B5 production office...the one sound you hear the
|
||||||
|
most is laughter. And every day, everybody eats lunch together
|
||||||
|
behind the stage, writers, actors, producers, directors, crew,
|
||||||
|
everybody. People have fun, have birthdays, hang out after
|
||||||
|
work...it's a great, fun environment....and a lot of practical
|
||||||
|
jokes.
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||||||
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||||||
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Jms at B5: And then there's Claudia.
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||||||
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|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: And those are just the commercials.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: BFlipp has a question about the origin of B5...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question: How did the concept of B5 come about?
|
||||||
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||||||
|
Jms at B5: I grew up on the sagas, and always wondered why no
|
||||||
|
one's ever done for TV anything...on the scale of the Lensman
|
||||||
|
books or Lord of the Rings or Dune or Childhood's End... so I
|
||||||
|
figured I'd do it myself. Took us from 1987 to 1991 to get it
|
||||||
|
going on film.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: MSteenber has a question about the second season..
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question: Claudia, how is the cast reacting to the "new"
|
||||||
|
captain? Is he up to par with the old commander? How do you
|
||||||
|
think the show has evolved with his presence?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Bruce has brought a sense of professionalism and an
|
||||||
|
interesting levity to the show. I thoroughly enjoy working with
|
||||||
|
him.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Bringing in Sheridan has also allowed us to promote
|
||||||
|
Ivanova into more interesting jobs.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I would have never broken my foot.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: One question for Claudia from MRKremer...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: for Claudia - What's your typical workday like?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I wake up, I go to work, I go home, I go to bed.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: We don't know what she does here either.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: But we love...well, whatever it is she's doing.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Thanks for the support, Bard.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Anytime, claudia baby...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: One more for Claudia from Lexus21...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Claudia, what do you see in Ivanova future?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Lots of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll and the
|
||||||
|
Captaincy. VBG
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: (stunned silence)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: You told me to express my humor, Joe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: (Current needs: glass rum, gun, two bullets.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: On my way.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Those aren't bullets.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: This isn't the fifties, Joe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: 38D?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: DRays has a question about the mysterious Kosh...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: So, when do we get a peek at the REAL Ambassador Kosh,
|
||||||
|
or at least what's inside the suit?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Laster this season. We unveil him totally.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Then you get a peek at the real Ivanova.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Penguin has a question about Ivanova's future...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Claudia - Any good stories in the near future that
|
||||||
|
feature Ivanova?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Prior to this conference, yes.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Yes, the next episode we will be shooting. It's
|
||||||
|
called "Divided Loyalties.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: We really haven't serviced Ivanova as well as we
|
||||||
|
should have in stories...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: one of my jobs for now and the next season is
|
||||||
|
changing that.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Claudia is too good to waste, as stated, parking
|
||||||
|
cars.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: That and getting me a bigger trailer.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: On the other hand....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Jim in KC has a compliment for both of you...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: While not wanting to be gushy about it, I would like
|
||||||
|
to thank you both for what is in my opinion the best SF series
|
||||||
|
I've ever seen and is currently my only must see show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Thanks, you have excellent taste. VAG
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Thanks; it's the result of a lot of hard work by a
|
||||||
|
lot of
|
||||||
|
talented, dedicated people in our crew, cast, and production
|
||||||
|
office; I just get to bask in the reflected accomplishments
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Another very interesting comment..this one from
|
||||||
|
Ce241...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Comment: to Claudia: Your performance doing the "sex scene"
|
||||||
|
with the alien two weeks ago was a complete HOWL!!! I laughed so
|
||||||
|
hard I almost wet my pants. Great acting!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: She was acting?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I recommend Depends when around the Lumati.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: One from BabG...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Will Ivanova's character get a romantic interest this
|
||||||
|
season?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: In a manner of speaking.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: If Joe lets me break my curfew.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Hell, you've broken everything else around here.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: JMS..a question about Londo from GenaKHoo...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: JMS - Do you see Londo as a character who is
|
||||||
|
irredeemable? Where do you see him going?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Londo's arc is light and funny, to dark and funny, to
|
||||||
|
dark and tragic, to tragic and light, so there's a chance for
|
||||||
|
him toward the end.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: A question for Claudia from OlexeyT95....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: If the show runs it's entire five years, will you stay
|
||||||
|
with it?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: If they'll have me.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: We're happy to have Claudia.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: A question about Mimbari technology from FalcnFire..
|
||||||
|
Question: If the Mimbari surrendered to Earth, why do the
|
||||||
|
Mimbari still have technology that Earth can only admire?
|
||||||
|
Didn't Earthforce capture any Mimbari craft in the war?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Captured Minbari vessels? No. They usually got
|
||||||
|
fragged. If you gave an aborigine an F14 fighter, he could
|
||||||
|
examine it, but making it work...that's a different issue. Jms
|
||||||
|
at B5: they're quite a bit more advanced.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: A question about the shadows from Boehmund...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: JMS: We just watched "The Long Dark" again, and the
|
||||||
|
Shadow in there looks rather humanoid, while the ones we saw
|
||||||
|
talking to Morden looked insectoid. Is there more than one
|
||||||
|
species?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: The shadows have their servants, which are being
|
||||||
|
recalled to their places of power. That was one of their
|
||||||
|
lower-level types.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Don't forget that DC Comics publishes Babylon 5
|
||||||
|
monthly..available at a comic store near you...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: And they say the artwork will improve (what I've seen
|
||||||
|
bears this out).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: A question about action from Yorgos...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: CLAUDIA IS YOUR CHARACTER GOING TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN
|
||||||
|
THE ACTION SCENES MORE THIS SEASON.I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY COOL
|
||||||
|
IF YOU DID.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I'd love to kick a little more butt.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: This is one of the things I have to correct, giving
|
||||||
|
her more in this respect.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: The inevitable "cliffhanger" question from Adamsde...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: So, can we expect a big cliffhanger at the end of the
|
||||||
|
season?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Not a cliffhanger per se; definitely we're going to
|
||||||
|
upend some more tables, but...not a cliffhanger in quite the
|
||||||
|
same was as "Chrysalis." We plan to end big, though.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Another behind the scenes question....from Ce241
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Claudia: Do you ever find yourself and the other cast
|
||||||
|
members getting the "giggles" when trying to be serious?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Absolutely. And then I go to work. We have some
|
||||||
|
funny folks working on the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: A comment from Intruder.....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Babylon 5 is great show.... It's too under-rated
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I agree; it's slowly gaining ground, though, and
|
||||||
|
we're starting to get noticed by more people, and by critics,
|
||||||
|
who say, Y'know, it ain't bad!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Another question about Ivanova from Rick9719....
|
||||||
|
Question: For Claudia, What have been the biggest changes for
|
||||||
|
you from season 1 to season 2
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Letting down my hair. Getting to express a sense of
|
||||||
|
humor...and finally meeting Joe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Get your hand off my knee.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: That's not my hand.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: (even more stunned silence)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Claudia, another question for you...from Clyde Dee...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Claudia, do you ever see yourself in a role where you
|
||||||
|
may take over B5 or perhaps another outpost? By the way, you
|
||||||
|
are one of the best actors on the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Thank you, thank you. And yes, I plan to be the
|
||||||
|
Captain of the sit-com version of B5.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: <thud>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Okay..another question about the Acts of Sacrifice
|
||||||
|
episode from RonBS....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: In the episode "Acts of Sacrifice", how many times did
|
||||||
|
you have to do Ivanova's "sex" scene with the visiting
|
||||||
|
ambassador until you got a take where no one cracked up
|
||||||
|
laughing?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: To the ambassador's disappointment - it was a one
|
||||||
|
shot deal.
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I was on set; she nailed it from the starting take.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Nailed...nice choice of words, Joe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I are a riter...i LEarn it GooD
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Next question comes from Nausea4....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: I know JMS is rather experienced with the internet.
|
||||||
|
How about yourself? Do you keep up with the newsgroup?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: I just learned to turn my powerbook off, thank you.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: I should mention that in the dc comics movies and tv
|
||||||
|
section there is an autographed picture of Claudia available for
|
||||||
|
download..
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I may write a 4-issue arc this summer, btw.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: A question about Ivanova's relationship with Psi
|
||||||
|
Corps....from Keith7012
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Ivanova is apparently a latent telepath. One story
|
||||||
|
line left off with her making friends with the station's
|
||||||
|
resident telepath. Will this story line be used to further the
|
||||||
|
Babylon 5 mission?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: They don't tell me anything around here. I have to
|
||||||
|
wait until the scripts come out.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Yes, there will be a development of the relationship
|
||||||
|
with Talia in the storyline.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: What most folks don't know, btw, is that Claudia (not
|
||||||
|
kiddng here) has a genius IQ, and reads a massive number of
|
||||||
|
books per week.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Here's your fifty bucks, Joe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I live to serve.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Bohemund asks an interesting question..
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Let's say -- heaven forbid -- something happens that
|
||||||
|
prevents B5 from finishing out its 5-year run. Will you finish
|
||||||
|
the arc in another medium, or just let us poor jamokes hang?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: This story will be told. I can't even allow the any
|
||||||
|
other possibility to be considered., or it'd never get done.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Or we'll do it as dinner theatre.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: (sigh...we have to work with her, you know.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: I should remind everyone to e-mail your addresses to
|
||||||
|
DCCONLINE for those posters!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: One last question....from ZaZoou..
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: JMS, I know you've been asked this a thousand times,
|
||||||
|
but what was your inspiration for B5?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Wanting to do a show responsibly; wanting to tell a
|
||||||
|
story that would be equal to the...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: sagas that precede us...wanting to see the show as a
|
||||||
|
fan
|
||||||
|
myself...wanting to work with...Claudia Christian...being vastly
|
||||||
|
disappointed... and wanting to leave something of value behind.
|
||||||
|
I think this has the chance to be it. And with (all seriousness)
|
||||||
|
a cast as talented and bright and hardworking as this one, as
|
||||||
|
embodied by the quick-witted Claudia, who is honestly a joy to
|
||||||
|
work with. I think we have the chance to accomplish that.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: (You may now put your hand back on my knee. Or
|
||||||
|
whatever that was.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Here, here. Long live Babylon 5!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
ClaudiaB5: Both?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: Well that brings another DC Comics Online auditorium
|
||||||
|
session to a close....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: I'd like to thank Claudia and JMS for taking time out
|
||||||
|
to answer all your questions here
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DCOMLeib: and i'd like to also thank you the audience for all
|
||||||
|
your participation.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: De nada
|
||||||
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ClaudiaB5: Thank you for the opportunity.
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DCOMLeib: A transcript will be available in the DC Comics
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ClaudiaB5: Didn't you hear the big BOOM. Always a Boom.
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Jms at B5: Sooner or later. Boom.
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DCOMLeib: Well that's it everyone....thanks and good night.
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Transcript of America Online chat with JMS and John Copeland, 2 June 1997.
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Download America Online at www.aol.com, and visit the official B5 area
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at keyword "Babylon 5".
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B5 Online: Folks, we are awaiting our final guest for this
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evening, so I would like to welcome all of you to our online chat with
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J. Michael Straczynski, Creator and Executive Producer of Babylon 5,
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and coming soon, John Copeland, producer of Babylon 5! :D Also joining
|
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us through equipment donated to us by Zathras (as opposed to ZAthras)
|
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is B5CnC. Through B5 CnC, we are able to communicate directly with ANY
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CHARACTER on the show. For instance, you can ask G'Kar whatever you
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want... Londo whatever you want... and through the power of The Great
|
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Machine, they will answer.
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Jms at B5: and the Great Maker
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B5 Online: Want to ask Garibaldi what's up? Londo what's next -
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G'Kar how's the eye? Now is your chance!
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OnlineHost: The auditorium consists of two major areas: the
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audience, where you are right now, and the stage, where the speakers
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appear. Text which you type onscreen shows only to those in your row,
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prefaced by the row number in parentheses, such as (2) if you are in
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row 2. To interact with the speaker, use the Interact icon on your
|
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screen.
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Jms at B5: They're all waiting out there for your questions... And
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they will be answered in the character's own "voice" and mannerisms and
|
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perspective.
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B5 Online: So don't make Garibaldi mad.. please.
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B5CnC: Ask away!!!
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B5 Online: Our first question is for our own JMS... From
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NotTheOne...
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Question: Did you plan the Sheridan and Delenn relationship or
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did it just come to mind while writing the episodes??
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Jms at B5: If you're not the One, why should I answer? Besides,
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the One always denies he's the One.. No, that relationship was always
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going to be there for Delenn. GA
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B5 Online: I notice a trend already Joe... care to make a comment
|
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on Season 5 to bypass all of that tonight?
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Jms at B5: Okay: 1) no word yet on S5, and 2) videotapes are
|
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possible down the road, but not now.
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B5 Online: Thanks Joe. :D
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B5 Online: Heres a question we've never had before.. from
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Danmaclea...
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Question: I've noticed a lot more freedom in camera movement in
|
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scenes which combine CGI and live action. Do you have some new
|
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hardware or do you match the CGI by hand.
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Jms at B5: Yeah, we've taken to putting targets on the bluescreen,
|
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|
which allows us to "staple" the CGI to the set, and we can thus move
|
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around a lot more. John can probably address this better than I can
|
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|
since he just got here.
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PigDog13: We've also gotten a lot better at matching movement
|
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with live action and CGI. nSince we've started doing the FX in house
|
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we're trying stuff we were discouraged to do in the past.
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Jms at B5: "We can't do it," we were told. Well, actually, we
|
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can. So now we do.
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PigDog13: Sorry for being tardy, but my ISDN line was acting up.
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Jms at B5: (John gets a working ISDN line, I have win 3.1 and only
|
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|
get carrier pigeons.)
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B5 Online: Our next question for JMS comes from Earl Prae...
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PigDog13: I just threw my ISDN modem across the room, I'm on
|
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|
analog.
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|
Question: JMS, is there any chance Valen will return?
|
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Jms at B5: Return to the present? No. None. Valen lived out his
|
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|
life in the past.
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B5 Online: If you have a question for the B5 CHARACTERS, send in
|
||||||
|
your questions now! :)
|
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B5 Online: This question is for JMS from MediaRiot...
|
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Question: JMS , in this weeks Newsweek, you take a swipe at Aaron
|
||||||
|
Spelling and TV in general. Do you feel that most TV is a product of
|
||||||
|
getting ad revenues up, that is, it's just made for marketing products
|
||||||
|
to demo groups?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Unquestionably. That's the bottom line for TV stations
|
||||||
|
and advertisers...even Majel once. said to me, and openly to others,
|
||||||
|
that they just sold ST as a way to sell soap during commercials, not
|
||||||
|
that that's a bad thing per se, that's just how they think.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Our next question is for G'Kar... from Tannis4U...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: G"Kar did you decide to issue the joint statment with
|
||||||
|
londo for the good of Sheradins alliance or did Londo's speach actually
|
||||||
|
move you to act?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: G'KAR: There comes a time when one must set aside old grudges.
|
||||||
|
It is not a pleasant prospect, given Mollari, who I still consider
|
||||||
|
something of a war criminal. but he is trying for repentence, and from
|
||||||
|
the perspective of the Universe, I suppose this is a good thing.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: I agree with G'Kar.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online: A personal question for Lt. Corwin from Karen Eve....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: For Lt. Corwin: If you could send any one personal
|
||||||
|
message home, what would it be?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PigDog13: Hmmmm. Corwin's got fans out there?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: CORWIN: Dear Mom, Dad and Uncle Sherman: Don't believe
|
||||||
|
everything you hear about Babylon 5 (well, except the parts about
|
||||||
|
Ivanova) We're working hard to do the right thing, and sometimes
|
||||||
|
that's hard to figure out, but we believe in the direction the
|
||||||
|
captain's taking us, and we're sticking with it. (Remind me when this
|
||||||
|
is over to tell you about my date last year, it was...something I'll
|
||||||
|
never forget.)
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
PigDog13: Boy that Corwin is an eloquent fellow.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: John: yeah, who writes his stuff?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: For JMS from Averij...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question: Question for JMS: I've been impressed with the richness
|
||||||
|
and depth of all the characters...except Dr. Franklin, who still seems
|
||||||
|
relatively one-dimensional to me. Do you find that character harder to
|
||||||
|
write, or is it just harder to fit him into everything?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: It's always a task to get a doctor into the action, and
|
||||||
|
it's easier for other kinds of more action-oriented characters. But
|
||||||
|
that aside, he's a lot of fun to write. GA
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PigDog13: I didn't know the characters were going to be this
|
||||||
|
chatty tonight, did you?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: They're always chatty, you just have to know how to
|
||||||
|
listen.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Question for Vir from TWandCrew... although this may be
|
||||||
|
too personal...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Vir....are you going to marry Lydesty??
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: VIR: Oh, my... Oh, this is embarrassing, I didn't expect
|
||||||
|
this...it's so personal how did you find out?... Well, I...I
|
||||||
|
think...perhaps yes, I mean...I know she has some...well, some
|
||||||
|
problems, you see, and we have to work on those, but you know, she's a
|
||||||
|
great kisser, and I can work around a lot that comes between us...not
|
||||||
|
that anything would, I mean, let's not get graphic here...are we still
|
||||||
|
on?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: John, maybe you can answer this... from Johnldloa...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Howard Stern is a big fan of the show. Any chance of
|
||||||
|
having on or a cast member being on his radio show. This is not a
|
||||||
|
Stern joke question. He always talks about how he loves the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PigDog13: We've actually talked with his show about having
|
||||||
|
Claudia on, but he's never set anything definite with us. We'd love to
|
||||||
|
have someone on with Howard.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: For Marcus.. from Lightman2....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: To Marcus- Why on Earth are you dancing around Ivanova?
|
||||||
|
Go for it, man!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: Dancing? Go for it? What are you TALKING about? I have no
|
||||||
|
idea what's going on anymore (entering private mode) Are you crazy?
|
||||||
|
She's standing right behind me, you're giving away the game. don't ask
|
||||||
|
about this in front of her, or I"ll have to give you a good
|
||||||
|
thump...well, her first then you.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Londo... from MJButkus...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Londo, are you staying in contact with Centauri
|
||||||
|
Prime,as of now (s4) or rather staying....away?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: Well, you see, this is not an easy question, my friend. The
|
||||||
|
Regent seems to have things very well under control, you see, and
|
||||||
|
I...well, I serve a greater purpose here, on Babylon 5, than I could
|
||||||
|
serve back home just now. So I am content to stay here. It is frankly
|
||||||
|
quieter. And several more of the lower court have reported to me tha
|
||||||
|
the regent is acting most strangely lately, perhaps he has begun
|
||||||
|
drinking, I hear of him wandering the palace late at night, telling
|
||||||
|
people, "There is something important I must tell you..." then suddenly
|
||||||
|
he stops, and walks off. Very strange. But he has always been a
|
||||||
|
bit..odd, don't you think? Go ahead...or as the humans say, GA
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: For John and Joe...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: for joe or john -- there have been a lot of rumours
|
||||||
|
going around regarding the new 2 hour TNT films including which actors
|
||||||
|
will be involved, which characters, etc. Anything you can divulge
|
||||||
|
without giving anything away? And will Michael O'Hare be apart it?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: The budget doesn't have enough in it to fly Michael out
|
||||||
|
from the Coast and pay him the salary he deserves. And in the story he
|
||||||
|
was really a basic-level squadron pilot, and the story deals with the
|
||||||
|
larger parties. John?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PigDog13: The first film - I think is one of the best things that
|
||||||
|
Joe has written and I think that you viewers will be surprised at how
|
||||||
|
all of these characters from B5 fit into how the saga begins. The
|
||||||
|
second film is a different type of story than you usually see on B5 and
|
||||||
|
we think tha it will be a pleasant diversion for you viewers.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: The films also have Shari Belafonte, William Sanderson,
|
||||||
|
Theodore Bickel, others.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: (How informative, John.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PigDog13: Rheiner Schone will be back.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Theodore Bikel played Rabbi Koslov I believe, correct?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Why not tell them that everyone dies, I mean really, we
|
||||||
|
can talk about that.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Different part now.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: GA and save us from ourselves.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PigDog13: You mean the big funeral scene. I thought you wanted
|
||||||
|
that to be a surprise.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: For Lennier... from Philberto.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: to Lannier- Are you ever going to tell Delenn how you
|
||||||
|
feel?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: Because Delenn has stepped out for a moment, I will answer your
|
||||||
|
question. though it does seem to me rather personal...my feelings for
|
||||||
|
Delenn are only of the highest and noblest form. It would be unseemly
|
||||||
|
of me to confess any such feelings, or any variations on those
|
||||||
|
feelings, to Delenn. So no, that would not be appropriate.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Lennier, if you can find Delenn.. I have a question for
|
||||||
|
her.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Delenn: what are your plans now that Minbar is settling
|
||||||
|
down & the Gray Council is set?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: I am here. I have a greater obligation now that must be pursued
|
||||||
|
with the League Worlds and Earth...I could not pursue those goals for
|
||||||
|
as long as my home was in turmoil, but now my people are on the path
|
||||||
|
again, and I can devote my time to forging a new alliance, a new
|
||||||
|
future, for all of our worlds. (Can someone tell me why Marcus and
|
||||||
|
Lennier are looking so embarrassed? I just got here, and assume I
|
||||||
|
missed much.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: A question for Joe and John from Managarm...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: We haven't heard anything about the telepaths Franklin
|
||||||
|
helped hide from Psi-Corps. Is that going to change any time soon?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: (BTW.. thank you Delenn)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: Bester here, breaking into the com line: I would like an answer
|
||||||
|
to that as well.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PigDog13: You'll see something about the frozen teeps in the next
|
||||||
|
couple of weeks
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Whoa whoa whoa! Whats going on here?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Bester?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Um.. ok...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Captain: don't tell him, he'll find out soon enough.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: GA Bester.. what's on your mind?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: For the rest of us, yeah, you'll find out stuff very
|
||||||
|
soon.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: (no pun intended)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Oh, for crying out loud, don't bring him into this, it
|
||||||
|
was going so well.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: Next question? (Ignore him and he'll go away.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Ok.. quickly.. Londo from GotMilk96...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Londo... Do you like the idea that you are turning
|
||||||
|
into a nice guy?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: My good fellow, I have *always* been a nice guy, whatever has
|
||||||
|
G'Kar been telling you, hmmm?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Here is a ratings question from Ranger1a for Joe and
|
||||||
|
John....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: How are the recent ratings for B5? Do we have to worry
|
||||||
|
about B5 being cancelled?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PigDog13: Our ratings have been up all across the board this
|
||||||
|
season. But the future is never assured.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5: The ratings are good; solid. The renewal depends on
|
||||||
|
available station berths, primarily.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Paging Zack... From LdyRangrB....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Zak?? are you going to persue a relationship with
|
||||||
|
Lyta?? you make a good couple..or are you just going to stick to
|
||||||
|
pizza?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: Yeah, well...Lyta...it ain't like I haven't thought about it,
|
||||||
|
y'know...but she's a teep, how do you...
|
||||||
|
make a move on someone who knows what you're going to do before you do
|
||||||
|
it? Y'know the old "arm around the shoulders at the scary part of the
|
||||||
|
movie" bit? C'mon, the ladies hardly fall for that NOW... with a teep,
|
||||||
|
she'd break my arm. And I'd miss, which would be really embarrassing.
|
||||||
|
Not that... I'd mind trying, of course...it's a challenge. I like
|
||||||
|
challenges. Especially red-haired ones.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Here is a GREAT question from Guru4Win9...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: Delenn said that the center of the new grey council was
|
||||||
|
for the 'one to come'. That was what zathros called sheridan. Are they
|
||||||
|
both references to the same person ?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5CnC: DELENN: How do you know what happened in the Grey Council?
|
||||||
|
Well, that aside...and I must look... further into our security...the
|
||||||
|
place set aside might be for someone like John, yes. But.. only time
|
||||||
|
will determine that. The universe knows what it is doing.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: Heres an industry question for you guys from GSSFC...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question: JMS... From a drooling fan, of course... From your own
|
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doing the right thing. I ain't convinced. I see things a little
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but the specific shapes of that conflict, the specific icivil war
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elements, I chose in order to tie into her own background, knowing I'd
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was *tired*.... and even though I know the folks who run this place
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like me, there's just so much they can do.... even if they did let me
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stay in the larger quarters (and that wasn't really the issue)... I had
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to start working again, had to be a commercial teep again, and what
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that requires is not theirs to give. I had to think in the long term.
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Voice of the Resistance broadcast. I want to thank Joe, John and the B5
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B5CnC: BESTER: Nobody ever has questions for me.
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B5CnC: Sheridan to AOL: Thanks for having us.
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Data1701D: Hello everyone! And thank you for packing the Globe here
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fandom in some capacity, be it with Davy Crockett or Superman, or any
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I'm pleased to have been a part of that in some way.
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autobiography, as a matter of fact. Although it hasn't been optioned yet,
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I'm hopeful it'll be on the shelves eventually. And I hope they let me
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keep the title: "Beaming Up & Getting Off". Think they'll let me keep it?
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W Koenig: I have two of them. I really enjoyed Star Trek II and Star Trek
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IV, in equal measure. Working with Ricardo Montalban was a pleasure, as
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was working with Paul Winfield. And all the action/adventure hijinks in
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Star Trek IV were really fun! That was also the only time Chekov's part
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was written distinctly for his Russian character. It was fulfilling to be
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recognized in that fashion.
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Trek episodes and do you plan to move into that area of movie making?
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W Koenig: Back then, as actors we really didn't have a lot of say in
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either the TV scripts or the films. However, I have had two screenplays
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optioned -- non-Star Trek -- and it's been my goal to see at least one of
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those screenplays produced. Only time will tell.
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cultural legacy like "Star Trek"?
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W Koenig: The pros are that it's very rewarding to hear that I've been an
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indirect -- but positive -- influence on people's lives. (Astronomy,
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physics, etc.) And it's been good meeting so many people over the years,
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since Star Trek has touched almost everyone's life in some way. As for the
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cons, well, there aren't many. I've been concerned about that, as have
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many of my peers in the industry. But it looks like Babylon 5 has helped
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break that tendency.
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Trek" crew were treated fairly?
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W Koenig: Not too many, I'm sorry to report. I think we were treated
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'fairly', but that we simply didn't figure into this plot as much as we
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hoped we would.
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there has been a conflict between the crew and Will Shatner; is this true?
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W Koenig: I really don't have a lot to say about Bill, except that there
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was a nice moment or two for Chekov and his 'keptin' in the film -- which
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may or may not have hit the cutting room floor.
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W Koenig: On a side note, although I deeply appreciate the sentiments
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being expressed via Instant Message, it's making it harder to chat with
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everyone. I'd appreciate it if you'd please not send us all messages
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during this talk. Thanks, everyone.
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Question: Mr. Koenig it is a pleasure to talk to you! I have always been
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and will be a Star Trek fan! What do you think of the new Star Trek TV
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Shows? Did you get along with cast of the The Next Generation while
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filming "Generations"?
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W Koenig: Although I had reservations about ST:TNG when it debuted, it
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became a good show and one that I enjoyed watching from time to time. I
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never have had a chance to watch Deep Space Nine, since it airs opposite
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||||||
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other shows that I usually watch. I think Voyager has potential, and we'll
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have to wait and see how the fans accept it. I think it will become as
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much a part of the legend as everything that's come before it. And we all
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got along fine, the The Next Generation cast was wonderful to us.
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W Koenig: ::::putting on black PsiCorp uniform::::
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W Koenig: You in the front row... ::::dragging thought from your mind:::
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Yes, you, the one with the dark hair.
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WKIntl: oops...look out! It's;...it's Bester!
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W Koenig: You wanted to know about me, didn't you? Of course you did ...
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I'm Bester and I'll be making another visit to Babylon 5. The Commander
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hasn't heard the last from me. I haven't even started to make his life
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miserable. I'll be entering his thoughts during the last week of January,
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in an episode titled, "A Race Through Dark Places."
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approve Kirk's death in "Generations"?
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and afterward with the making of the Star Trek films. He was a kind man,
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who always thought about how best to treat people. He tried to be as
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equitable as he could with everyone, and that's been the most lasting
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impression I've taken from my association with him. As for Kirk's death,
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well ... I'd rather comment on that after the movie's been out.
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W Koenig: Babylon 5 was a wonderful experience, each time. I've always
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been very impressed with the writing, the effects, and the way in which
|
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the cast is allowed to think for themselves. I've been free to give Bester
|
||||||
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whatever edge I'd like, and you'll see that he continues to be even more
|
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charming -- and sinister. They're a great bunch! I always have fun over
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there.
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Question: Have you read Uhura's book, and what did you think?
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W Koenig: I have read it and must say that Nichelle did an excellent job.
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Of course, she told tales on me just a bit :::laughing:::, which brought
|
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back some memories. I enjoyed reading it and hope I do as well at relating
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anecdotes as she did.
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the film would see a theatrical release, since it's always gratifying to
|
||||||
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have something non-ST on the resume. At the same time, it became a sort of
|
||||||
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'sleeper' hit on video and did quite well in the international markets.
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Overall, I was pleased with how everything developed. There was talk a few
|
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times about a sequel, but nothing has come of it.
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W Koenig: I don't want to lead you all on, but let's just say we probably
|
||||||
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haven't seen the last of Bester. That much evil is hard to contain.
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W Koenig: As I just said, it's really too early to tell. It's not a
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situation where I can ask to be included. Rather, it has to be because
|
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they want the character back, as part of their overall plan for the show.
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So, we'll see.
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WKIntl: Walter, I'm sure everyone would like to know about whether you
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||||||
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will be doing any more performances of "The Boys In Autumn" with Mark
|
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Lenard ... care to enlighten us?
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||||||
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W Koenig: Certainly! Mark and I will be doing the play again this
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February, in Thousand Oaks, (CA). We're looking forward to returning to
|
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the characters of Tom and Huck, since we had a wonderful time while
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reprising those roles on tour at conventions.
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|
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issues published by Malibu. Are there plans to continue the series?
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W Koenig: There has been some talk of it, yes. I'm hoping everyone will
|
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see a graphic novel of Raver in the spring.
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original cast?
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W Koenig: In my opinion, yes.
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own right as commanding officers. Will you or do you desire to write any
|
||||||
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books on how Chekov's career went after Star Trek 6? Wish they would make
|
||||||
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a movie about that!
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|
||||||
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W Koenig: Although that's an interesting premise and I've seen a lot of
|
||||||
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fan fiction on that very topic, I personally don't have any plans to
|
||||||
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continue Chekov's character in the literary sense. Although George has had
|
||||||
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some success in that arena, by recording a Captain Sulu adventure for
|
||||||
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Simon & Schuster.
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W Koenig: That's very much like comparing apples and oranges, since I
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enjoy both but for different reasons. Acting gives me the ability to wear
|
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someone else's coat for a while, to see how they react to certain
|
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situations, etc. Especially in the case of stage work, where the
|
||||||
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adrenaline runs high and you can't make a mistake. And if you do, you have
|
||||||
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to find a quick, credible way out of it. :::laughter::: With writing, it's
|
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more cerebral. I enjoy the control of putting other characters into the
|
||||||
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mix, then seeing how they react to various situations. So, okay, it's a
|
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lot like playing God, but it's fun!
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|
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the old cast is back in it and some not?
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W Koenig: I think the jury is still out on the new movie. I do feel it's
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time we passed the torch, and it's time to look ahead.
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W Koenig: I'd like to thank you for coming here to talk with me tonight. I
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new Star Trek movie.
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WKIntl: I'm sure everyone will enjoy "Generations", Walter.
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Data1701D: A big thank you to Walter for coming. |)
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W Koenig: It was a pleasure being here ... thanks for inviting me.
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OnlineHost: Our thanks to "Data1701D" (Bill) and his guest, "Chekov"
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(Walter Koenig) for a fascinating glimpse into an impressive career. Be
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sure to watch for Koenig's new film "Generations" in which "Chekov"
|
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appears once more. For a transcript of tonight's event, please return to
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Center Stage (Keyword: "CENTER STAGE") within 24 hours. Thank you and good
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night!
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Subj: Re:Wimp Postcript
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Date: 96-07-09 16:50:53 EDT
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I suggest you see what we actually DO with the show, and that relationship,
|
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before making either conclusions or threats or overall statements.
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Subj: Re:JMS how is it done?
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Date: 96-07-09 16:54:54 EDT
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In general, I work out the elements of each race that tends to distinguish it
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from the others as an overall unit (in which there can be some variation, I
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don't believe in totally monolithic, all-the-same races), and play those
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throughout; I also create the aspects of each individual character within
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that as a subset. Whe I write, I just have that info in the background, and
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let the characters take me with them.
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jms
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Subj: Re:Thank You JMS
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Date: 96-07-09 16:56:16 EDT
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Thanks...I try.
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Subj: Re:What a kiss!
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Date: 96-07-09 16:57:09 EDT
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Yeah, it was a sneaky way of having a first kiss and *not* having a first
|
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kiss, all at the same time.
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Subj: Re:please more women
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Date: 96-07-09 16:58:26 EDT
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We plan to bring at least one other woman character in as a recurring
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character next season, and do more with the female characters we already
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have.
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Subj: I'm here....
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Date: 96-07-09 17:00:55 EDT
|
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|
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...and taking care of some of the backlog, as best I can. It's a lot to
|
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catch up on. Things just got nuts, as they will do on a show like this.
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Address any other notes to the #9 ask jms section, as this one's about to
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fill up, I think. Sorry for the absence...
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Subj: Re:Attn JMS: arc/writing que
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Date: 96-07-09 17:09:50 EDT
|
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This is one of those questions that's kind of like asking the magician to
|
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|
tell you where that rabbit REALLY came from...and to look at the alternate
|
||||||
|
universe possibiliities of the story, and I'm just barely adequate to keep
|
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|
THIS story going without looking at all the permutations, which would just
|
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|
make me get confused and fall down....
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Subj: Re:Rumours
|
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Date: 96-07-09 17:13:09 EDT
|
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|
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|
||||||
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"I just heard a Rumour from one fan; he mentioned that **you** were
|
||||||
|
interested in continuing development of Space: Above and Beyond on the WB
|
||||||
|
Network (Fox just cancelled it), and that you were going to tie in the Chigs
|
||||||
|
with one of the secondary races of B5...in an "alternate" fashion."
|
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|
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|
Funniest thing I've heard all day.....
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|
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Subj: Re:Story Line Suggestions
|
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Date: 96-07-09 17:23:08 EDT
|
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|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
"As a cure for the creative souls among us, may I humbly offer the following
|
||||||
|
suggestion: create a new folder strictly for B5 Fan Fiction"
|
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|
|
||||||
|
Absolutely positively no way.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Yes, the B5 storyline is set. Could we win any case in court? Yes. Do I
|
||||||
|
want to spend three years of my life or thereabouts giving depositions,
|
||||||
|
talking to lawyers, and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and the
|
||||||
|
aggravation involved in all this? No. Not because somebody wants to toss
|
||||||
|
out a story idea and later decide he wants to sue.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
No fan fiction, no story ideas. Or I'm outta here. That's tough to say, and
|
||||||
|
to hear, but that's the only request I make in exchange for being here.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Production Resumption
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-07-09 17:23:58 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We start shooting on year 4 on August 26th.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Help in Philly!?!
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-07-10 03:58:35 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I've heard that they're working hard on Philly, but don't have any details
|
||||||
|
yet.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
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|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:The Babylon project RPG
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-07-11 01:14:08 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
No, we consult with and give direction to all B5 licensees. And the RPG is
|
||||||
|
coming out from Wireframe/Chameleon.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
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|
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|
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|
||||||
|
Subj: Re:Books
|
||||||
|
Date: 96-07-11 01:14:49 EDT
|
||||||
|
From: Jms at B5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Dell just picked up the license to produce 3 more books, so they should be
|
||||||
|
out probably by the end of the year or so.
|
||||||
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|
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|
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|
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|
MIRA'S ONLINE CHAT SESSION AT AOL FROM THE EVENING OF MAY 21, 1996.
|
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|
||||||
|
OnlineHost : To send your question to the speaker, click on the
|
||||||
|
Interact icon, then use the Ask a Question option.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost : The auditorium consists of two major areas: the audience,
|
||||||
|
where you are right now, and the stage, where the speakers appear.
|
||||||
|
Text which you type onscreen shows only to those in your row, prefaced
|
||||||
|
by the row number in parentheses, such as (2) if you are in row 2. To
|
||||||
|
interact with the speaker, use the Interact icon on your screen.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : Tonight we are pleased to welcome Mira Furlan, star of
|
||||||
|
Babylon 5 to Warner Bros. Spring Spectacular! Mira stars on "Babylon
|
||||||
|
5" as Delenn... welcome Mira!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : It's my pleasure to be here. So, ask me and I'll try to
|
||||||
|
answer...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : Our first question comes from BFried989...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Hi Mira, is it true you will be doing the opening narration
|
||||||
|
for the 4th season?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : I have no idea. As usual, Joe S. is the one to ask.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Delennn... (nice name)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : What is it like working on B5?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : Do you want me to write a novel?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From CT....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Delenn's character has changed a great deal in both looks
|
||||||
|
and character. Has this been difficult to portray.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : It's actually been the most interesting part of this job.
|
||||||
|
Changes.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Mira- first off, many thanks for making it on tonight.
|
||||||
|
splendid to see your interaction w/ fans. my ?: I've never seen you
|
||||||
|
out of make-up, do you get recognized out in public?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : Not very often. And I must say, I enjoy that part. I have
|
||||||
|
been recognized a lot in Yugoslavia via, because I've done a couple of
|
||||||
|
very popular TV shows. I always had trouble coping with being
|
||||||
|
recognized and treated as a very familiar face.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Delenn 7 (Another nice name!)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Hi Mira! How do you feel about the character of Delenn
|
||||||
|
compared to some of the other roles you have played, Ophelia, for
|
||||||
|
example.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : In every role you play there is a big part of yourself. I
|
||||||
|
think that the better an actor is the more of him/her there is in a
|
||||||
|
part that he/she plays. So, I guess, the connecting element in all my
|
||||||
|
roles is - me.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Minbari1 (I think we're surrounded by Minbari)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
OnlineHost : Welcome Mira! Do you have any projects you are working on
|
||||||
|
during the hiatus? If so, can you tell us about them?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : I actually did something that you might be interested in.
|
||||||
|
I gave voice to the character of Silver Sable on the animated series
|
||||||
|
"Spiderman".
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Dtucker93...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Are you going to be doing any conventions this year?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : I will do a convention in London in June, then one in
|
||||||
|
Pennsylvania in August and one in Blackpool, England, in December.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From SCIFIREAD...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : War Without End part 2 was very intricate, was it hard to
|
||||||
|
follow while filming the episode?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : I had to go back to some old episodes and read them
|
||||||
|
through again in order to understand the script. There was a lot of
|
||||||
|
consulting with Joe during the shoot. That particular episode de
|
||||||
|
required a lot of concentration.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From SciFiTalk...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Do You have a favorite episode ?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : "Comes the Inquisitor", "Confessions and Lamentations",
|
||||||
|
"Severed Dreams". As you can see, my favourites
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Amkosh....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Wonderful to see you here, I am curious to know what genre
|
||||||
|
and type of acting you did in your former country and is it possible
|
||||||
|
for any of us to be able to see some of it?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : I did so much different stuff in all kinds of genres
|
||||||
|
(except the science fiction genre!) that I could not really define it.
|
||||||
|
I played major theatre roles, classic and modern ones, I acted in more
|
||||||
|
that 25 films, did a lot of TV. I would, however, say that drama is my
|
||||||
|
forte.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : Here's a question while I get my fingers working... from
|
||||||
|
JackParke...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Does it feel strange to work on a show that has so much fan
|
||||||
|
merchandise/accessories (comic books, trading cards, toys, etc)? Has
|
||||||
|
"fandom" surprised you at all?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : It' s been a whole new experience for me. I was not aware
|
||||||
|
of its existence when I came to the US. It's been a great and
|
||||||
|
wonderful surprise for me. And I must say that I've never met such
|
||||||
|
kind and gentle fans as are the sci-fi fans. Thank you for that. All
|
||||||
|
actors need love and support, but I think that my experience in the
|
||||||
|
former Yugoslavia made me especially vulnerable towards the audience.
|
||||||
|
THANK YOU.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From CT9992...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : The show gives a sense of camaraderie. Do the cast members
|
||||||
|
really enjoy working together?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : It's definitely been the best group of people that I've
|
||||||
|
worked with in my life. I've experienced a lot of envy, competition,
|
||||||
|
little nasty games (this profession is full of that - everywhere) in
|
||||||
|
my professional life. B5 is an exception.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Relacon... :)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Mira, You are a terrific actress! What are your plans AFTER
|
||||||
|
B5? Would you like to stay with American TV or hit the big screen?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : To ask an actor about her/his plans is a madness. Nothing
|
||||||
|
depends on you, your plans, your wishes, not even your talents and
|
||||||
|
abilities. We are on a shelf and from time to time some one grabs for
|
||||||
|
us and takes us down to do something. It's a very frustrating feeling.
|
||||||
|
Especially in this huge, huge country, where the main question is how
|
||||||
|
much money your name can bring into a production. The goal would be to
|
||||||
|
try to get some control over your destiny and be able to produce
|
||||||
|
projects that you believe in. Will that happen, I cannot say. Wish me
|
||||||
|
luck!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Barriej....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Ms. Furlan, I know I speak for many here tonight when I say
|
||||||
|
it is pure joy to watch you perform and I feel very fortunate that JMS
|
||||||
|
snatched you for this show. How did you happen to audition for B5?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : The audition for B5 was one of the first auditions that I
|
||||||
|
did when I first came to this country. My agent sent me, I didn't know
|
||||||
|
anybody, nobody knew me...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Ynacio...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : When you first started on the show, did you know about the
|
||||||
|
change that was going to happen at the beginning of the second season?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : I knew vaguely about the change. I didn't know, though,
|
||||||
|
how, to what extent etc... B5 is full of surprises. So far, they were
|
||||||
|
all pleasant surprises...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Kklitses....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Hello there! I wanted to know which make-up is harder to
|
||||||
|
deal with, The full head makeup during the first season or the partial
|
||||||
|
in the following seasons?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : The first season make up was harder to deal with than the
|
||||||
|
one that I have now, that's for sure. However, both make-ups last for
|
||||||
|
exactly the same amount of time. It's one of the tasks for me as an
|
||||||
|
actor. I deal with it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Arion214...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Which of the many subtexts Joe writes into B5 are your
|
||||||
|
favorite? Peace, spiritually? Loyalty? brotherhood..or another theme
|
||||||
|
that resonates for you?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : Sometimes Joe surprises me with parallels to the
|
||||||
|
political situation in my own country. He deeply understands all about
|
||||||
|
human relationships, political confrontations, all the basic questions
|
||||||
|
of the human condition. In that way B5 sometimes has the depth of a
|
||||||
|
classical piece of literature. Coming from that background, both in my
|
||||||
|
upbringing and my acting career, I am proud to be a part of it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Mira, what was your first impression about B5 after you
|
||||||
|
made the pilot. Did you think that it would indeed go this far and
|
||||||
|
have a chance to finish the story?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Mira at B5 : In the pilot I must confess that I suffered under all the
|
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make-up. I was asking myself: did I come all the way across the ocean
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to be completely hidden underneath tons of glue and rubber and even be
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confronted with the possibility of my voice being changed, not to
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mention the other idea of putting lenses into my eyes. We've certainly
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come a long way from that time. I've never dreamed that we would be
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here in three years and that my whole life would change because of
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Babylon. I always tend to expect the worst. So far, the reality proved
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to be somewhat different than what I, a gloomy Eastern European, had
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expect ed. (Joe, this one is for you.)
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B5 Online : One last question tonight. :)
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OnlineHost : You have a beautiful name, is it Yugoslavian? if so what
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does it mean?
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Mira at B5 : Yes, it's Yugoslavian. It comes from the word "peace" .
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Another symbol... I wish it would become a reality for all the
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troubled people there.
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B5 Online : I want to thank everyone for coming tonight - it was
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great! Remember to check out Keyword "B5" for pictures of Mira as
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Delenn and more of the cast! Thanks again Mira!
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Mira at B5 : Thank you for being here. Have pleasant dreams!
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On March 24th, Babylon 5 Online was proud to welcome Patricia
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Tallman to our home and our Babylon 5 community! Below is a
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OnlineHost : To send your question to the speaker, click on the
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OnlineHost : Tonight we are joined by Patricia Tallman, a very
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talented actress and stuntwoman who first appeared in the pilot
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movie of Babylon 5, and recently reprised her role as a rogue
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telepath in the second and third seasons. She has also appeared in
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"Night of the Living Dead" and the new "Star Trek" series of
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spinoffs. Welcome, Patricia!
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PT at B5 : Hello!
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B5 Online : From JIMXXYZ
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Question : Hi: Babylon 5 sorta reminds me of a 50's space show.
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Any ideas why it survived when other sci-fi shows released about the
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same time are now collector's items?
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PT at B5 : For one thing, J. Michael Straczynski create the show,
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he has a brilliant five year plot line that nobody else is doing.
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The characters have grown with everyone, and Joe keeps us
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constantly on our toes - you never know what's coming next. This is
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NOT a predictable show. :)
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B5 Online : From Larry Che...
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Question : Will the role of Lyta replace Talia's role of "station
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telepath?"
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PT at B5 : No. Lyta has her own stroyline and always has. Even
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if Talia had stayed with the show, Lyta would have come in with her
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storyline with Kosh.
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B5 Online : From SandraB85...
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Question : Pat, When will we see you on the show again. I
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understand it will be very soon.
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PT at B5 : I just shot an episode called "Walkabout"... but Im
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afraid it won't air for quite a while. Maybe not even until next
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season.
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B5 Online : From AChag1948...
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Question : Hi Patricia........I was wondering if you are doing
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any stunt work in the new "Jurassic Park" Movie, assuming it's
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actually going to be made.
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PT at B5 : It depends on the stunt coordinator. I would LOVE to
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be part of it, but I have no idea
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PT at B5 : if it would be appropriate. It depends on who the
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actresses are. :)
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B5 Online : From PIZZAZZ2...
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OnlineHost : Evening... how are you tonight
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PT at B5 : Im great, thanks, hope everyone else is!
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B5 Online : From Lkrepel...
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Question : What roles did you play/episodes did you appear in on
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Star Trek?
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PT at B5 : Ive done about 20 episodes on TNG, Voyager, and DS9.
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Some of the guest stars would be Kiros on "Starship Mine," which
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just aired the other night... Jera the Romulan on TNG... Nima on
|
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|
"Battlelines" on DS9... "Weapons Officer" on DS9. And... Nurse
|
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Takamura on DS9. In addition to countless target practice roles,
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falls, hits, fights, etc. on all three shows. Im currently working
|
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|
on DS9 doubling Terry Farrell.
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B5 Online : From Pinkleaps...
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|
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|
Question : Do you like the changes that character has gone
|
||||||
|
through from the pilot to now? It seems Lyta is becoming a more
|
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|
challenging role to play?
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|
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PT at B5 : Very much! If I were able to pick a path for Lyta, it
|
||||||
|
would be to be able to become more of a soldier for the Light, and
|
||||||
|
that seems to be in the direction that Joe is taking her - but you
|
||||||
|
never know...
|
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|
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|
B5 Online : I hate when you do that... ;>
|
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B5 Online : From CYaros...
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|
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|
Question : what is the connection between you and Kosh
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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PT at B5 : I could very Vorlon and say, "There is a connection
|
||||||
|
between us all." But to be honest with you, there is more to it
|
||||||
|
than even I know. From what I understand, Kosh to me is like a
|
||||||
|
religious mentor. I have that kind of passion for him, as if he
|
||||||
|
were Jesus. There seems to be, however, something a bit sinister
|
||||||
|
going on, and that's all I can say. If Joe is in the audience... he
|
||||||
|
could perhaps expound further.
|
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|
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B5 Online : Hmmm... Welcome Joe!
|
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|
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|
Jms at B5 : Jeez, a man can't even lurk around here...this is
|
||||||
|
*Pat's* hour in the spotlight, not mine.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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PT at B5 : Did I say too much, Joe?
|
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|
||||||
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Jms at B5 : No, you were just fine. As always.
|
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|
||||||
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PT at B5 : Of course you can't lurk - you're too big a guy!
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Well, I can loom real good....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From PaxilBndi...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Do you expect your role to increase over the next two
|
||||||
|
years?
|
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|
||||||
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PT at B5 : JOE....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : (smiles all-knowingly)
|
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|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : That says it all. And all I can say. ;>
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : I would suggest that there's a very good chance of
|
||||||
|
this, yes.
|
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|
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PT at B5 : YES!!!!
|
||||||
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|
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|
Jms at B5 : Once we recast the role.
|
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|
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PT at B5 : Ouch!
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|
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Jms at B5 : JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE....!
|
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|
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PT at B5 : not funny Sick in the mind, folks!
|
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : (Don't hit me, I'm a sick man.)
|
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|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Sick in the mind, folks!
|
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Jms at B5 : We're all *extremely* fond of Pat on the show, and she
|
||||||
|
brightens up the place for... mall of us, a great performer, and
|
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|
we're lucky to have her. (Can I come inside now?)
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|
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PT at B5 : O.K., all better now.:>
|
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Von Schaa...
|
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|
||||||
|
Question : Any teasers about "Walkabout" you would like to share
|
||||||
|
with us?
|
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|
||||||
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PT at B5 : I think I can say... I get to be on a ship I've been
|
||||||
|
dying to get aboard. it's a special episode for me. For one thing,
|
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|
I got to meet Bill Mumy.
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : It's also fair to say that Lyta gets as close to a
|
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|
shadow vessel as anyone ever should... and her role has a key here
|
||||||
|
to increasing over time.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From GrimJack4...
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : Patricia: Having worked on both Trek and B5- do you
|
||||||
|
have a preference? What sorts of differences between the two shows
|
||||||
|
cats/crews?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Oh Puhleeze! There's no question! B5 is a very
|
||||||
|
special show with very special people, we have so much fun and we're
|
||||||
|
very proud of our product. The Paramount shows are fun in a
|
||||||
|
different way. I am just a grunt over there in the stunt family
|
||||||
|
and we do the best with what we got.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : So her job is safe then, JMS... good. :)
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From PsiLytaA....
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Question : did the scene with the Centauri telepath creep you out
|
||||||
|
as much as it did the audience?
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : I think a *lot* can be done with Lyta, and I'm
|
||||||
|
looking forward to it, yes.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : I felt, as Lyta, in control there, and disgusted by
|
||||||
|
the Centauri. I'm glad it was effective for you. I am feeling
|
||||||
|
schizophrenic (sp?) talking to you, BTW. mAnd Joe... how do you mean
|
||||||
|
that? HmmMmMM?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : If you came to more staff meetings you'd know the
|
||||||
|
answer to that. Suffice to say...fun stuff for an actor to play.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Am I invited?? :D
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Always, Pat. (Have I now made up for that crack
|
||||||
|
above, or shall I do penance for... the next 2,000 years?)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Mike 1061...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : At the End of PTG were you sending or receiving?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : (I haven't decided yet, Joe..) Anyway.. I was SENDING,
|
||||||
|
but both had been going on - if you know what I mean.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From CYaros...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : will you be attending any conventions this year
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Yes, they are building up! I will be in San
|
||||||
|
Francisco April 12-14th at Syndicon (Joe?)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Yes, you will, Pat.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : And Columbus, Ohio in May, and Chicago in June (I
|
||||||
|
hope).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : (shakes head, playing stooge again)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : And London in August.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From PaxilBndi...
|
||||||
|
Question : Are you happy with your characters storyline?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : YES SHE IS, DAMN IT!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Yes! Ecstatic!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : Wowsers!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : (I've gotta cut back on the caffeine...)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From James YO...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Will Lyta's appearance be changing in the future?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : I HOPE not.. because I hate wearing prosthetics. They
|
||||||
|
are uncomfortable... and you're in makeup FOREVER. I've done it to
|
||||||
|
death! In "Army of Darkness"... that was a 4 1/2 hour makeup job..
|
||||||
|
I worked 17 hours, and it took another 2 1/2 to get out of it. The
|
||||||
|
KNB guys (The special Effects Guys) had to hold me down by the end
|
||||||
|
of the day to get the contact lenses back in my eyes. It was a total
|
||||||
|
nightmare!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : I saw that bit, Pat...couldn't tell it was you at ALL.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : The itching really gets me.. Now Joe knows what to do
|
||||||
|
if he gets mad at me :>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : These prosthetics will be *much* easier for you, Pat,
|
||||||
|
I'll see to it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : OOOHHHH>>>PLease NOOOO
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : (Thinks she'd make a *terrific* 7-foot tall lizard
|
||||||
|
person.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From SandraB85...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Pat, What sort of background can you give us on your
|
||||||
|
character, Lyta Alexander?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : ::ahem:: Moving along... Do you have an hour? It's a
|
||||||
|
lot... :D She was very inexperienced when she first got to B5. Sort
|
||||||
|
of friendless, not much with social skills - that sort of thing.
|
||||||
|
When she touched the Vorlon, she found something that was missing
|
||||||
|
in her life.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From CYaros...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : have they been confirmed for a fourth season
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : They'd be fools NOT to...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : Hmmmm
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Joe...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : what?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : I think I'll go sit in the corner now..
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Never mind.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : I think the decision will be made sometime in May. :)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : We should hear for sure late April/early May.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From PaxilBndi...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Do you prefer stuntwork or acting?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : At this point I prefer acting, but stunts give me the
|
||||||
|
adrenaline rush I seem to require. Maybe I can combine the two - do
|
||||||
|
something that requires me to do my own stuntwork. I'm a big Jackie
|
||||||
|
Chan fan!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From Padria...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Do you think that Lyta might become a regular next
|
||||||
|
season?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Regular would be good... unfortunately it's not up to
|
||||||
|
me. Hmmm... Joe?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : what?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : s'okay...did I miss anything?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : NAHHH
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Let's just say I look forward to seeing more of Lyta.
|
||||||
|
Her role does become more important as time goes on.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Hey folks , we have a lot of ?'s , so I can't answer
|
||||||
|
any more repeats. So don't feel bad if I don't answer your question
|
||||||
|
personally this time.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From JIMXXYZ...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : What role did you play in night of the living dead?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : You can't miss me in "Night!" I have short red hair
|
||||||
|
and a big gun.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : Very tough woman there...Pat Tallmanatrix
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From CYaros...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : (in "dead")
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : are you a sci-fi,horror fan
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Oh Joe.. yes, big time.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : yes, Pat?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Never mind, Joe. Later
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : "Night" was where I discovered Pat's work... I was
|
||||||
|
blown away by her work, and was determined to find her and hire her.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
B5 Online : From SandraB85...
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Question : Pat, Could you compare working with Michael O'Hare on
|
||||||
|
the pilot and working with Bruce Boxleitner this year? Thanks.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : I only worked with Michael for the pilot, and have
|
||||||
|
worked with Bruce several times. I adore Bruce and think his wife
|
||||||
|
is terrific! He's one of the reason the set is so much fun and so
|
||||||
|
comfortable to work on.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : (did you want to elaborate on being an sf/horror fan,
|
||||||
|
as above, if you were cut off?)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PT at B5 : Joe, are you tired of telling that story?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Jms at B5 : (going now to sit in corner)
|
||||||
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|
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PT at B5 : I find it kind of inexplicable, but I really enjoy it.
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Jms at B5 : No, no...was just playing about maybe something big
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Question : What do you consider most interesting about the
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character of Lyta, and what aspect do you find the most challenging
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PT at B5 : The most interesting thing is, we have NO idea what's
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against a blue screen. You'll see what I mean in "Walkabout."
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PT at B5 : Between the pilot and the Divided Loyalties, not
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really. Since then, of course!
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B5 Online : Folks, we have one more question for tonight.... And
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Question : How did you get into doing stuntwork?
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PT at B5 : I met stunt people while I was taking a sword study
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class in New York, and they thought I would be a good stuntwoman.
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PT at B5 : Very well!! It was a major thing for me in school
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Jms at B5 : Cool...that could be useful.
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B5 Online : Thanks for joining us for our conference with Patricia
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Tallman. Join us tomorrow when the B5 Sweepstakes goes online!
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B5 Online : We want to thank Patricia and JMS for joining us. :)
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PT at B5 : Thank you everyone! Im so glad you were interested...
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maybe we can do this again some time. God Bless!
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Jms at B5 : A big hand for Pat...a joy to work with, and fun
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PT at B5 : Goes both ways Joe!
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B5 Online : Thanks again everyone! Join us at Babylon 5 Online at
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Keyword "Babylon 5"!
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This is a transcript of a May 14, 1996 online chat with Richard Biggs.
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OnlineHost: Tonight we are joined by Richard Biggs, star of the science fiction hit "Babylon 5."
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OnlineHost: Rick's other work includes "Days of Our Lives" and numerous television appearances.
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B5 Online: Welcome Rick!
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Rick at B5: Good to be here! Ready for your questions!
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B5 Online: From Cyaros...
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Question: just seen you ,joe and pat at marcon in columbus great time thanks
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B5 Online: From Mibari1...
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Question: Now that Franklin has resigned from Med Lab, what does that mean for the character? The
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Question: War council, etc?
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Rick at B5: More emotional, sexual, spiritual dimensions through other relationship other than Medlab.
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B5 Online: From Jst...
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Question: How are the pens working?
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Rick at B5: The pens are working WONDERFULLY, and thank you. :)
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B5 Online: From LSDB5...
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Question: What will Franklin be doing while away from his position? Possibly a Ranger, I hope!
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Rick at B5: A love interest. No, Jason is not available.
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B5 Online: :D
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Rick at B5: Trying to find himself. Franklin is trying to come to terms with who he is.
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B5 Online: From Nethicus...
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Question: Do you find working on B5 similar to experience working on Soap Operas?
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Rick at B5: No, B5 is more relaxed... more challenging. Soap Operas are very easy to do compared to
|
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Rick at B5: Babylon 5.
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B5 Online: From Its A Myth...
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Question: For Rick: Judging from last episode, you're in great shape. What do you do to work out?
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Rick at B5: What do I do... hmm. I try to stay away from the Snicker bars and go to the gym a lot.
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B5 Online: From JH...
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Question: Hi! This is Jennifer from South Carolina. Do you find Sci Fi audiences much different
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Question: from Soap audiences. We would love to see you back at Celebrity Softball soon!
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Rick at B5: Hey! How ya'll doin down thar in S. Carolina? :D Soap Opera friends are crazy, wild...
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Rick at B5: on the edge. SF fans are more cerebral.. more "Lets sit down and talk about the future."
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B5 Online: From Pitzerboy...
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||||||
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Question: just wondering if you did any research for the addiction-thing....
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: Yeah... I tried to do some reading, research. i tried to talk to people who have a
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Rick at B5: problem like that.
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B5 Online: From Garibaldi...
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||||||
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Question: Do you have any special way of memorizing your lines?
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||||||
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Rick at B5: I did a lot of theater and that kind of gets me through. What I do is I have people
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Rick at B5: volunteer to read my lines to me over.. and over.. and over again - they hate me. :D
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B5 Online: From DraziPurp...
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Question: Who's going to take over as Medical CHief of staff now that Franklin is gone?
|
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Rick at B5: They are all very capable - they are the best. They can do just fine without me, Im sure.
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Question: How long does it take to shoot an episode?
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||||||
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Rick at B5: It takes 7 working days. From 6:30-7PM. :)
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B5 Online: From BYU...
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Question: Rick...were you an athlete in high school, and if so, what sports did you play?
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Rick at B5: In High School i sat on the bench.. 2nd string football. I broke my knee.. my arm...
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Rick at B5: my shoulder.
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B5 Online: From Tenor Ab...
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||||||
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Question: I'm an amateur actor who is interested in pursuing a professional career. How did you get
|
||||||
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Question: started, and what do you recommend for someone who hopes to?
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||||||
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Rick at B5: High School drama is where I started.. and college theatre. Probably recommend
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: theatre, theatre, theatre!
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B5 Online: So, your saying theatre, Rick?
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B5 Online: From Trkgr...
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Question: what shows did you do before babylon?
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Rick at B5: Days of Our Lives.. Gary Shandlings Show, Three's A Crowd, Three's Company.
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B5 Online: From Lcclp...
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Question: Will Dr. Franklin find himself in time to help when Shadws attack B5?
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Rick at B5: No and Yes.
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Rick at B5: They attack, but he's not back yet.
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B5 Online: From Pitzerboy...
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Question: any future non-B5 projects coming up?
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Rick at B5: There are some things in the air, but nothing's really sticking yet. Theatre, Movie of
|
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Rick at B5: the Week - a lot of stuff but nothing firm.
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B5 Online: From Archer...
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Question: Richard, when you saw the resignation scene, knowing JMS penchant for offing characters,
|
||||||
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Question: did you fear for your job?
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||||||
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Rick at B5: Sure! Yeah. Especially with the fact that anyone can go at anytime. If it happens, it
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: happens.
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B5 Online: From Hologhost...
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||||||
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Question: How do you expect your characters father to react to the addiction plotline?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: I hope the situation comes into play with boththe addiction and the secession storylines..
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Rick at B5: A lot of people have asked me that - I hope Joe listens.
|
||||||
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Question: Hi Rick...it's me, your old fan club prez, Janice! Are you still teaching acting in
|
||||||
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Question: Sacramento at John Robert Powers?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: Hi Janice! No teaching there, but other places. :)
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Earl K1...
|
||||||
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Question: Which scene or episode have you found most diffcult to prepare for?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: An episode coming up that was very emotional. It was very draining.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Lollie...
|
||||||
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Question: Richard, How did you get involved with Babylon 5?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: My agent called and sent me on the audition. I went through 4 callbacks and I got the
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: part.
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Question: Marcus! When are they going to bring you back to "Days"? I'm a little off track on the
|
||||||
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Question: topic here. . .just wondering. I thought you were great.
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: Marcus at a medical convention in Los Angeles racking up a hell of a hotel bill right now.
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: No plans to get back.
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||||||
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B5 Online: From Hologhost
|
||||||
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Question: The arc is so serious now, how do you and the other actors lighten things up around the
|
||||||
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Question: set?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: We hang out with Claudia. :D
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Sning1..
|
||||||
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Question: What direction would you like JMS to take your character, and how would you compare this
|
||||||
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Question: role to Marcus on "Days"?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: Comedy. You can't really compare the two roles - they are two totally different people.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: from AMorold...
|
||||||
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Question: Do you like working sci-fi and did you have to get used to working with "aliens"?
|
||||||
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B5 Online: Hey! I resemble that remark!
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From JBRod222...
|
||||||
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Question: Good Evening. I was very pleased with your performance on b5. It was the first time i
|
||||||
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Question: realy have seen drug addiction dealt with on a major sci-fi show.
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: Thank you.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Hologhost...
|
||||||
|
Question: Have you been online before?
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: All the time. I have a computer. Im listening to what you all are saying when you talk
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: bad about me. ;>
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From HO Katarn
|
||||||
|
Question: How much of the final story do you and the rest of the cast know?
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: None. We just know the next script as it comes down.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From EAPR...
|
||||||
|
Question: Wo;; we see any interspecies dating for Dr Franklin?
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: GOOD Storyline! I see the Dr. falling for a cute .. i dont know.. are there any female
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: Vorlons? Hmmm
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Garibaldi
|
||||||
|
Question: Have you worked with any of the B5 cast members before?
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: No, but I've worked with people behind the scenes on other shows.
|
||||||
|
B5 Online: From Mudmaster....
|
||||||
|
Question: Your presence at the Odium last year in Chicago helped make it a great time for me. Are
|
||||||
|
Question: you appearing at any other conventions in the area soon?
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: No, it will be England in June... Virginia in July, Mass., and Cleveland.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Minbari1...
|
||||||
|
Question: which character would you like Franklin to interact more with?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: Vir. :D Ivanova. I think both of them are very sharp and intelligent and there would be
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: some really great dialogue between the two.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Amkosh...
|
||||||
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Question: After B5, would you like to do more sci-fi, or pursue a different genre of acting?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: I think I would kind of like to go and do something else. More theatre or feature film.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Londo2...
|
||||||
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Question: Hi! This is James from England again. Will you be comming here for BABCOM '96?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: At the end of July, yeah, I will be there for Babcom! Along with a few other people. :)
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Archer C1...
|
||||||
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Question: Have you had much experience with British b5 fans? Since the show is so popular over
|
||||||
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Question: there are they at a different intensity level than US fans?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: They certainly enjoy the show and follow it more intensely and they appreciate it. They
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: don't have to see the reruns as much over there. They see all the shows at once.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Tenor Ab...
|
||||||
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Question: Who have you learned the most by working with on the show?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: Probably John Flinn, the cameraman.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Lcclp
|
||||||
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Question: Rick, from a rather minor character, you have built Franklin into a charaacter with many
|
||||||
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Question: dimensions. Did you konw that would happen when you signed on?
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: No, but that was my objective with him. Coming from the soap "one dimensional" character
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: I was determined to make him three dimensional.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Alathal...
|
||||||
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Question: Where did you go to school, and did you have any formal acting training?
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: Yeah, I went to USC for 6 years. I had Classical Training.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From RedQueen5...
|
||||||
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Question: How do u feel about the portrayel of blacks in the B5 Universe?
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: Lack of? If you can clarify I would appreciate it.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From GreenGoo7...
|
||||||
|
Question: Hi from British Columbia. What's the funniest thing that has happened on the set
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: The funniest thing was Majel Barrett walking into a door without it opening and smacked
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: her in the face. :D
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Its a Myth...
|
||||||
|
Question: What do you think of the new uniforms?
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: I like them a lot better, they look rebellious.
|
||||||
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B5 Online: And now for the last question tonight...
|
||||||
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B5 Online: From Pitzerboy...
|
||||||
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Question: rick.. just wondering how you feel about the merchandising end of entertainment. do you
|
||||||
|
Question: think B5 should be more active? how about dr. franklin action figure.....
|
||||||
|
Rick at B5: Hmmm
|
||||||
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Rick at B5: I say go for it! How about a B5 cartoon? A B5 lunchbox maybe?
|
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B5 Online: I want to thank everybody for joining us tonight with our conference with Rick Biggs of
|
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B5 Online: "Babylon 5." I would like to invite everyone to the Eclipse Cafe for some munchies... and of
|
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B5 Online: course downloadable videos of the 2 parter!
|
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B5 Online: Thanks again Rick!
|
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Rick at B5: Keep watching and Ill see you at a convention some time! Thanks!
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xfight.avi Starfury squadron in formation
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
b5quick.mov QuickTime movie with effects "The Gathering."
|
||||||
|
b5quick.bin Same movie, in MacBinary format.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
SOUND
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
error.wav Sheridan: "You've just committed a fatal error. There's
|
||||||
|
nothing we can do for you. Dismissed."
|
||||||
|
greeting.wav Sheridan: "This is Captain John Sheridan. Greetings from
|
||||||
|
Babylon 5."
|
||||||
|
redalert.wav Ivanova: "Red alert, all quarters. There appear to be online
|
||||||
|
visitors."
|
||||||
|
see_soon.wav Ivanova: "This is Commander Susan Ivanova of Babylon 5. Come
|
||||||
|
back and see us soon."
|
||||||
|
virus.wav Sheridan: "Computer, activate virus defense systems. Prepare
|
||||||
|
to download."
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<html>
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||||||
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<head>
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||||||
|
<title>Sound and Video Clips</title>
|
||||||
|
</head>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<body>
|
||||||
|
<h1>Sound and Video Clips</h1>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
The sound and video clips in this directory are from Warner Bros.' online
|
||||||
|
Babylon 5 promotion of May 1995. All of them were specially created for
|
||||||
|
the promotion; none of them are excerpts from the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
Please don't upload sound or video clips unless they're sanctioned by
|
||||||
|
Warner Bros. We'll just delete them.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<h2>Video</h2>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
X users can play Microsoft Video (.avi) and QuickTime files using
|
||||||
|
<a href="ftp://ftp.crl.research.digital.com/pub/X11/contrib/applications/xanim26978a.tar.Z">XAnim</a>.
|
||||||
|
Microsoft has a free
|
||||||
|
<a href="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/mslfiles/wv1160.exe">viewer</a>
|
||||||
|
for Windows, and there's a
|
||||||
|
<a href="ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/info-mac/gst/mov/video-for-windows-11p.hqx">Mac</a>
|
||||||
|
viewer as well.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<h3>Video beeps</h3>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<pre><a href="http://www.uml.edu/Babylon-5/Clips/backup.avi">backup.avi</a> Garibaldi reminds you to back up your hard disk.
|
||||||
|
<a href="http://www.uml.edu/Babylon-5/Clips/dream.avi">dream.avi</a> Delenn bids you goodbye.
|
||||||
|
<a href="http://www.uml.edu/Babylon-5/Clips/favorite.avi">favorite.avi</a> Garibaldi reveals his favorite thing in the universe.
|
||||||
|
<a href="http://www.uml.edu/Babylon-5/Clips/minbari.avi">minbari.avi</a> Delenn asks you to reset your comm software.
|
||||||
|
<a href="http://www.uml.edu/Babylon-5/Clips/password.avi">password.avi</a> Lennier asks for your password.
|
||||||
|
<a href="http://www.uml.edu/Babylon-5/Clips/promo1mv.avi">promo1mv.avi</a> (didn't play back on my AVI player)
|
||||||
|
<a href="http://www.uml.edu/Babylon-5/Clips/security.avi">security.avi</a> Garibaldi warns you about security.
|
||||||
|
<a href="http://www.uml.edu/Babylon-5/Clips/software.avi">software.avi</a> Delenn waxes philosophical.
|
||||||
|
<a href="http://www.uml.edu/Babylon-5/Clips/virus.avi">virus.avi</a> Sheridan scans for viruses.</pre>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<h3>Scenes</h3>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
(Note that these feature soundtracks different from what was broadcast.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<pre><a href="2away.avi">2away.avi</a> Minbari fighters head to B5 station, from "Points of Departure"
|
||||||
|
<a href="2explos.avi">2explos.avi</a> Shadows attack Narn outpost, from "The Coming of Shadows"
|
||||||
|
<a href="2vortex.avi">2vortex.avi</a> Streib ship opens a jump point, from "All Alone in the Night"
|
||||||
|
<a href="battle4.avi">battle4.avi</a> Centauri vs. Narn space battle, from "Acts of Sacrifice"
|
||||||
|
<a href="bigship.avi">bigship.avi</a> Narn cruiser is destroyed, from "Acts of Sacrifice"
|
||||||
|
<a href="invortex.avi">invortex.avi</a> Streib ship jumps, from "All Alone in the Night"
|
||||||
|
<a href="laser.avi">laser.avi</a> Babylon 5's communication laser, from "Points of Departure"
|
||||||
|
<a href="planetb2.avi">planetb2.avi</a> Streib ship approaches homeworld, from "All Alone in the Night"
|
||||||
|
<a href="rotate.avi">rotate.avi</a> Flyby of the station
|
||||||
|
<a href="shipcut.avi">shipcut.avi</a> Minbari cruiser is sliced, from "Points of Departure"
|
||||||
|
<a href="vortex.avi">vortex.avi</a> Jump gate activates
|
||||||
|
<a href="xfight.avi">xfight.avi</a> Starfury squadron in formation</pre>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
A
|
||||||
|
<a href="b5quick.mov">QuickTime movie,</a>
|
||||||
|
donated by PTEN, with some effects sequences from the pilot. A
|
||||||
|
<a href="b5quick.bin">MacBinary</a>
|
||||||
|
version is also available for Mac users.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<h2>Sound</h2>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<dl>
|
||||||
|
<dt>
|
||||||
|
<a href="error.wav">error.wav</a>
|
||||||
|
<dd>
|
||||||
|
Sheridan: "You've just committed a fatal error. There's
|
||||||
|
nothing we can do for you. Dismissed."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<dt>
|
||||||
|
<a href="greeting.wav">greeting.wav</a>
|
||||||
|
<dd>
|
||||||
|
Sheridan: "This is Captain John Sheridan. Greetings from
|
||||||
|
Babylon 5."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<dt>
|
||||||
|
<a href="redalert.wav">redalert.wav</a>
|
||||||
|
<dd>
|
||||||
|
Ivanova: "Red alert, all quarters. There appear to be online
|
||||||
|
visitors."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<dt>
|
||||||
|
<a href="see_soon.wav">see_soon.wav</a>
|
||||||
|
<dd>
|
||||||
|
Ivanova: "This is Commander Susan Ivanova of Babylon 5. Come
|
||||||
|
back and see us soon."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<dt>
|
||||||
|
<a href="virus.wav">virus.wav</a>
|
||||||
|
<dd>
|
||||||
|
Sheridan: "Computer, activate virus defense systems. Prepare
|
||||||
|
to download."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
</dl>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
</body>
|
||||||
|
</html>
|
||||||
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|
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|
||||||
|
Sheridan: "You've just committed a fatal error. There's nothing we can
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
|
Sheridan: "This is Captain John Sheridan. Greetings from Babylon 5."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
REDALERT WAV 30,248
|
||||||
|
Ivanova: "Red alert, all quarters. There appear to be online visitors."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
SEE_SOON WAV 35,404
|
||||||
|
Ivanova: "This is Commander Susan Ivanova of Babylon 5. Come back and
|
||||||
|
see us soon."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
VIRUS WAV 41,644
|
||||||
|
Sheridan: "Computer, activate virus defense systems. Prepare to
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
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||||||
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|
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|
||||||
|
Transcripts of executive producer/writer J. Michael Straczynski's messages
|
||||||
|
on CompuServe's Babylon 5 message areas. Compiled by Michele Worley
|
||||||
|
<michele_l_worley@yahoo.com>, The Green Meddler <kilgalen@tde.com>, and
|
||||||
|
John Hardin <jhardin@wolfenet.com>.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
latest -- Collection point for new messages
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
csXX-YY -- Messages for year XX, month YY, except as noted
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
cs95-11 -- November 1995 (missing Nov. 5-15)
|
||||||
|
cs95-04 -- April 10, 1995 - April 30, 1995
|
||||||
|
cs95-03-15 -- mid-March, 1995 - April 10, 1995
|
||||||
|
cs94-12-01 -- Dec 1994
|
||||||
|
cs94-11-01 -- Oct 26, 1994 - Nov 11, 1994
|
||||||
|
cs94-10-01 -- Oct 1, 1994 - Oct 7, 1994
|
||||||
|
cs94-09-02 -- Sep 12, 1994 - Sep 30, 1994
|
||||||
|
cs94-09-01 -- Aug 24, 1994 - Sep 11, 1994
|
||||||
|
cs94-08 -- ??? - Aug 25, 1994
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Chat session transcripts:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms-95-12-02 -- JMS, December 2 1995
|
||||||
|
doyle-95-07-20 -- Jerry Doyle, July 20 1995
|
||||||
|
jms-96-04-07 -- JMS, April 6 1996
|
||||||
|
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|
||||||
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|
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|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: BUJOLD TOO BOLDLY GOES! #818975
|
||||||
|
DATE: SUN SEP 11, 1994 4:55:26
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I was lucky to have a *number* of very fine, talented actors when I
|
||||||
|
was working on THE TWILIGHT ZONE. Bruce Weitz, Eddie Albert, Janet Leigh
|
||||||
|
and others. The thing about TZ and other anthology shows is that it lets
|
||||||
|
you do the kind of writing you really can't do on regular series, because
|
||||||
|
there isn't time, you're rushing from one complication to another, whereas
|
||||||
|
a show like TZ is built around one central element, and what matters is
|
||||||
|
how that one element affects the characters. It gives you the luxury of
|
||||||
|
*time*.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
(And the episode you cite, "Rendezvous in a Dark Place," is one of
|
||||||
|
my favorites as well, up with the Albert and Weitz episodes.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
In the first season of B5, we worked hard to keep the pace as fast
|
||||||
|
as possible, to really crank the story, establish the universe, and jump
|
||||||
|
start this puppy. Now that that's done, I'm working now to apply a
|
||||||
|
somewhat Zone- ish approach, in that we're carving out time now for more
|
||||||
|
personal stuff, to see how the stories affect our characters. If I can
|
||||||
|
blend these two approaches, I'll be a happy man.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: MON SEP 12, 1994 6:38:24 #820032
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"...there is going to be a Star Trek store someday."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Too late. There's already a Star Trek store on the Universal Studios
|
||||||
|
tour, and in other amusement/tour locations, and the Creation/Sci-Fi
|
||||||
|
Universe stores, despite carrying a small number of items from other shows,
|
||||||
|
are primarily ST stores, and they're spreading.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 13, 1994 1:34:01 #820574
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I once asked David Gerrold how many Trek movies would finally be made,
|
||||||
|
when all was said and done. "One too many," he said.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: VOYAGER CAPTAIN QUITS! #820931
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 13, 1994 2:50:25
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Stephanie Beacham is off VOYAGER because she didn't want to move
|
||||||
|
with the production to Florida."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Huh? Last I heard, SeaQuest was moving to Florida, not Voyager.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: BUJOLD WALKS--RUMOR? #818977
|
||||||
|
DATE: SUN SEP 11, 1994 4:55:22
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We shoot an episode of B5 in 7 days. Then the director gets 3 days
|
||||||
|
to make his cut (he's been doing so all along with the editor as film
|
||||||
|
comes in, but that's the final period where he or she has to finish).
|
||||||
|
Then John Copeland and I go in and re-edit the director's cut (to small
|
||||||
|
or major degrees) to make the producer's cut. Another three days. So
|
||||||
|
two weeks so far.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We then do an edit-master of the episode (done on film, as opposed to
|
||||||
|
the edit, done on computer-image Avids), which arrives in about 5-7 days.
|
||||||
|
So three weeks. We're also waiting for any rotoscope work that needs to
|
||||||
|
be done on the show (PPG blasts, other non-space stuff, like the
|
||||||
|
thought-wall in "Mind War"), and for any compositing work (live + CGI),
|
||||||
|
which can take up to a few more days to a few weeks. Split the difference
|
||||||
|
and say two weeks. So now we're up to five weeks.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Midway through this process, we meet with Chris Franke and the
|
||||||
|
sound people to spot the episode, indicating where sound EFX and music
|
||||||
|
should go. We're also designing titles, doing any looping that might
|
||||||
|
be required. We now wait for the music to be scored, and for the
|
||||||
|
sound EFX to be designed. Give it another 10-14 days. Now 7-8 weeks in.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Finally, at that point -- 8-9 weeks or so -- we go in and do the
|
||||||
|
final sound mix, entering in all the finished elements, and deliver
|
||||||
|
the episode a week or so later.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: BUJOLD WALKS--RUMOR? #818976
|
||||||
|
DATE: SUN SEP 11, 1994 4:55:11
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I believe you're thinking of a recent problem in Comics Forum, where
|
||||||
|
a journalist was MISquoting people (viz: me) in a certain magazine, without
|
||||||
|
my prior knowledge or permission, and I was leaving unless some procedures
|
||||||
|
were put in place protecting Forum members from having this happen to them,
|
||||||
|
particularly the pros. This has been done, insofar as it *can* be done,
|
||||||
|
so that tussle is now over.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
On the topic of religion...yes, we've spent a fair amount of time
|
||||||
|
on the subject, and to your note that the "show has portrayed religion
|
||||||
|
exceptionally well; it is nice to know that faith is not dead in your
|
||||||
|
future as in all the ST shows," someone commented on another forum that
|
||||||
|
because I'm an atheist, and don't have any particular axe to grind, it's
|
||||||
|
possible to treat the beliefs of others with some measure of equanimity.
|
||||||
|
It seems a sensible idea, I hadn't really thought about it, and there may
|
||||||
|
be some measure of truth to that.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I've always taken a great degree of interest in varying belief
|
||||||
|
systems. I've read the Bible cover to cover (twice), as well as
|
||||||
|
whatever other books I could get my hands on, from the Bahagavad Gita
|
||||||
|
(hope I spelled that right from memory) up and down the road. What you
|
||||||
|
come away with is a sense that the religious impulse, whether or not
|
||||||
|
any one of them is fundamentally correct, is part of the human dynamic,
|
||||||
|
and it's not going to suddenly up and disappear. The job of the writer
|
||||||
|
is to treat his subject honestly, and that seems to me the truth of the
|
||||||
|
matter.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
For six thousand years, humanity has been in the process of trying
|
||||||
|
to figure out itself, and where its place is in the universe, and what
|
||||||
|
the universe IS, really. There are a number of ways one can approach
|
||||||
|
that question, and the religious impulse is part of that. In the
|
||||||
|
earliest stages of its development, it was the religious impulse that
|
||||||
|
prompted us to look up to the stars and ask, "What?"...and to look at
|
||||||
|
ourselves and each other and say "Who?"...and to look at death and
|
||||||
|
say "Why?" It was, in a sense, the earliest form of the scientific
|
||||||
|
method, except there weren't the tools for true inquiry. But if humanity
|
||||||
|
had not begun with the process of asking questions, it might not have
|
||||||
|
developed science, since science is predicated upon self-awareness, and
|
||||||
|
questioning, and looking at the universe and asking those very same
|
||||||
|
questions. The paths taken, and the means used, diverge quickly, and
|
||||||
|
I'm not in ANY way equating science and religion, they are of necessity
|
||||||
|
and by definition different creatures, but they share some roots in the
|
||||||
|
intentions that created them.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: RELIGION IN B5 #820033
|
||||||
|
DATE: MON SEP 12, 1994 6:38:25
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Actually, we did have a pagan and a wiccan in there, though we
|
||||||
|
couldn't prolong the voice-over long enough to get there. In at least
|
||||||
|
one other shot of that in dailies, it's very plainly there.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: SURVIVORS #820918
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 13, 1994 2:39:18
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Definitely; there are additional fighters berthed inside Earthforce
|
||||||
|
One, with a minimum four outside on constant patrol. In addition, it's
|
||||||
|
got some pretty hefty defensive weaponry on board, though they're worked
|
||||||
|
into the design so that they don't appear too obvious (bad for PR).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
=================================
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: SCRIPTS AND CC #819567
|
||||||
|
DATE: MON SEP 12, 1994 3:39:12
|
||||||
|
FROM: SYSOP LEE WHITESIDE
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Joe, I've watched a couple of B5 episodes with the closed captioning on
|
||||||
|
and it is interesting to see how what they display on screen is a lot of
|
||||||
|
times not quite what the cast is actually saying. Do the Closed captioning
|
||||||
|
people work from a script or from a tape of the episode?
|
||||||
|
=================================
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: SCRIPTS AND CC #819569
|
||||||
|
DATE: MON SEP 12, 1994 3:55:22
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Supposedly they're working off scripts...not very well, from what
|
||||||
|
you're saying.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: B5 WINS MAKEUP EMMY #819568
|
||||||
|
DATE: MON SEP 12, 1994 3:55:21
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We get virtually *no* coverage from any major publications on
|
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|
anything near a regular basis. We're as close to a stealth television
|
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|
program as you can get. I think there'll be a small piece in Newsweek
|
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|
as part of an overall roundup on TV/BBSing in a few weeks or less, but
|
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|
that's all.
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jms
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BABYLON 5: B5 WINS MAKEUP EMMY #821230
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|
DATE: TUES SEP 13, 1994 7:29:11
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Yes, we've definitely gotten more coverage, and continue to do so,
|
||||||
|
in the UK than we do here in the US. The show rates very highly on
|
||||||
|
Channel 4, and they've already committed to year two without having to
|
||||||
|
look at the first batch of episodes, which they don't usually do. I
|
||||||
|
think the audience in the UK is more used to the kind of thing we're
|
||||||
|
doing, and so it's grabbing hold just that much more quickly. Thus the
|
||||||
|
media pays more attention. Ironic that we're having a harder time here
|
||||||
|
than overseas; it's usually the other way around. (Apparently we're also
|
||||||
|
doing very well in other countries as well; in some cases, we do better
|
||||||
|
overseas than here in the US.)
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jms
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BABYLON 5: B5 WINS MAKEUP EMMY #820576
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|
DATE: TUES SEP 13, 1994 1:34:02
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|
|
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|
Thanks, and to you guys on the ones you walked off with.
|
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|
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|
jms
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BABYLON 5: B5 SHIRTS/800TREKKER #822797
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|
DATE: THUR SEP 15, 1994 12:53:12
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||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I just saw some new shirt designs from a non-Creation licensee,
|
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|
All-U, and they're *gorgeous*. And some new Creation items, bookmarks
|
||||||
|
and pins, that also look quite nice.
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|
jms
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|
=====
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|
QUESTION #821957: LDS/Mormon missionary in the receiving line (PoD)?
|
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|
=====
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|
BABYLON 5: RELIGION ON B5 #822772
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|
DATE: THUR SEP 15, 1994 12:42:21
|
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|
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|
Yes, I believe that's correct.
|
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|
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|
No Scientologists, though.
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|
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|
jms
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|
BABYLON 5: B5 WINS MAKEUP EMMY #822795
|
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|
DATE: THUR SEP 15, 1994 12:53:08
|
||||||
|
|
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|
Generally speaking, in the past, Starlog has generally screwed up
|
||||||
|
one aspect or another of their coverage of B5, to the point where I
|
||||||
|
won't have anything to do with them. I won't stop my cast or crew from
|
||||||
|
talking to Starlog -- that's their choice, and I don't feel that in all
|
||||||
|
good conscience I can interfere -- but you won't see an interview with
|
||||||
|
me in Starlog.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Part of this is also due to the fact that Dave McDonnell has stated
|
||||||
|
to many people that he feels obliged to carry B5 coverage, because it's
|
||||||
|
a legitimate show, and it does draw attention...but because they are
|
||||||
|
primarily a STAR TREK magazine, they will NEVER do a B5 cover. So they
|
||||||
|
get the coverage, but refuse to give it the respect it deserves with
|
||||||
|
a cover story.
|
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|
|
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|
Which is pretty much what I expected.
|
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|
|
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|
jms
|
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|
==========
|
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|
QUESTION #824019: <saw Rolling Stones ref in S&P; they
|
||||||
|
start war, have theme song> What did the rest of the
|
||||||
|
listing say?
|
||||||
|
===========
|
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|
BABYLON 5: SIGNS & PORTENTS #824120
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI SEP 16, 1994 4:32:04 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Some things are better left un-commented upon.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
==========
|
||||||
|
QUESTION #823723: Why was the ship in Lady Ladira's name instead
|
||||||
|
of Lord Kiro's?
|
||||||
|
===========
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI SEP 16, 1994 12:03:23 AM #823906
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Ladira was Kiro's aunt, and much of the family money/property is
|
||||||
|
in her name.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: BUJOLD: THE REAL REASON! #823907
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI SEP 16, 1994 12:03:25 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
One thought indicating mercy for Bujold...apparently, according to
|
||||||
|
DAILY VARIETY, they were shooting 19 hour days. This means that you
|
||||||
|
show up at 6 a.m. and don't leave until 2 a.m., counting makeup and
|
||||||
|
costume and other daily requirements. (The schedule is apparently to
|
||||||
|
make up lost time for the debut.) That's a *lot* to ask of ANY actor,
|
||||||
|
and if you're the lead, then that means you're in virtually every scene.
|
||||||
|
This isn't like showing up at 10 a.m. and going a few hours overtime;
|
||||||
|
this is, as stated, 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: BUJOLD: THE REAL REASON! #825165
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT SEP 17, 1994 4:39:14
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Actors do not generally share in merchandising revenue. That goes
|
||||||
|
to Paramount. (Or whichever studio is involved in a project.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Actors only get the salary for the series and movies they do.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The fans do not bestow wealth on the players of Trek.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
For near 15 years after the original Trek, virtually none of the
|
||||||
|
cast members could get work. They had been typecast. It practically
|
||||||
|
killed some of their careers, and many of them have had virtually no
|
||||||
|
careers outside of the movies, which are few and far between. Many
|
||||||
|
current ST cast members are concerned about any new work; which was
|
||||||
|
why Brent Spiner only agreed to do the movie after it was agreed in
|
||||||
|
his contract that he had to do two non-ST movies.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The fans of a show view appearing in that show as a gift from God.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
An actor approaches it as a job, and has to.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Just a word of perspective.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
=======
|
||||||
|
QUESTION #825242: <applicable to most series actors?>
|
||||||
|
=======
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT SEP 17, 1994 5:59:17 #825746
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I suppose it depends on the level of performer you're talking about.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: NEW INFO ON BUJOLD #826219
|
||||||
|
DATE: SUN SEP 18, 1994 12:29:31
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The 154 days includes only weekdays. (That's shooting 22 episodes
|
||||||
|
in 7 days each.) Weekends are off. Also, no single actor works all of
|
||||||
|
those 12 hours every day. Some actors may appear in only one scene in
|
||||||
|
an episode, and to all intents and purposes have the rest of the week
|
||||||
|
off. Or they may appear over several days, but staggered, a scene
|
||||||
|
here or there.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Most of the time any actor spends in a day on set is waiting...
|
||||||
|
waiting for the lighting to get set, waiting for the camera to get moved
|
||||||
|
to another set, waiting for the director to block stuff out, waiting for
|
||||||
|
wardrobe or prosthetics or other areas. When they're finally on, they
|
||||||
|
work a lot: first the master shot (of which there are often multiple
|
||||||
|
takes), then over-the- shoulder shots, then closeups, and sometimes
|
||||||
|
extreme closeups, anywhere from 2-7 takes each, which are then repeated
|
||||||
|
for every *other* actor in the scene. It's hard, rigorous work.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The main difference in all of this is whoever your lead is; the
|
||||||
|
captain in a role like this can often be there through every scene or
|
||||||
|
a majority of scenes...which adds up fast.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: NEW NETWORKS #822796
|
||||||
|
DATE: THUR SEP 15, 1994 12:53:10
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
There was never talk of putting B5 on the WB network; its is only
|
||||||
|
PTEN, and if PTEN goes, so will B5. (And if WB does go through with
|
||||||
|
its purchase of NBC, I have a feeling they won't need a separate WB
|
||||||
|
network, so that may go away, and again I don't know therefore if they'll
|
||||||
|
continue with PTEN either...and B5 wouldn't be shifted to network in
|
||||||
|
any event.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI SEP 16, 1994 4:32:03 AM #824119
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PTEN is a consortium of stations that have formed a partnership
|
||||||
|
with Warner Bros. Television. Shows produced for PTEN are owned jointly
|
||||||
|
by WB and the stations. It is *highly* unlikely that the station-owners
|
||||||
|
would allow a show to go from their side to a network of any kind, given
|
||||||
|
that this is their competition.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
PTEN is a fine organization, and I have every hope for its longevity.
|
||||||
|
Nothing here should be construed to mean anything else. But many PTEN
|
||||||
|
spokespeople have stated that the weblet may, or may not, last beyond the
|
||||||
|
next few years, depending on corporate wrangling. Should PTEN go, it
|
||||||
|
would take B5 with it, unless it were such a HUGE success by then that
|
||||||
|
WB could choose to try direct syndication.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The Warner Bros. Network is a whole different corporate arm, and is
|
||||||
|
very competitive with PTEN. They would not want in any way to take up
|
||||||
|
any PTEN shows because it would muddy their identity (and they're probably
|
||||||
|
right in this).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
THE CON SUITE: ATHEISM AND HUMANISM #825770
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT SEP 17, 1994 6:25:16
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The Humanist Manifesto is known to very few, and read by fewer still.
|
||||||
|
Humanism is not a religion. It has been defined that way by religionists
|
||||||
|
who want to be able to attack it. "Humanism" by their definition is
|
||||||
|
anything they don't happen to like. They created it and piled it high
|
||||||
|
with every conspiracy theory, every social change, and created this great
|
||||||
|
boogeyman that does not in fact exist. Because hard-core religionists
|
||||||
|
MUST have some kind of crisis, some kind of looming spectre to pepetuate
|
||||||
|
the mindset that says they're standing against this dark force. With the
|
||||||
|
fall of communism, now it's so-called humanism.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Secular means only that, non-religous. Humanism means concerned with
|
||||||
|
the affairs of humans. It's not a religion in any way, manner, shape or
|
||||||
|
form; it has no collection plates, no churches, no doctrine, no schisms,
|
||||||
|
no ministers, no tax-free status, no deities, nothing.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Okay, fine, so a few people got together and wrote a tract. What
|
||||||
|
does this have to do with anything? Nobody I know has ever read it. I've
|
||||||
|
never seen it in any bookstores. You cling to this one tract as though
|
||||||
|
it were Proof Positive of the Great Secular Humanist Conspiracy. It was
|
||||||
|
just some people defining their attitudes, but this gets twisted around
|
||||||
|
into some terrible threat. Sad that a few people expressing an opinion
|
||||||
|
in a tract that gets almost no circulation would be perceived as a threat
|
||||||
|
to the mighty religious empire of 24-hour-a-day religious programming,
|
||||||
|
and religious colleges, and massive religious text publishing companies,
|
||||||
|
and radio stations...don't you see the pathetic nature of this? It's
|
||||||
|
like the elephant reeling in horror at a mouse.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
By your definition, anything that states a principle is a religion.
|
||||||
|
I'm sorry, but language means what it means, it doesn't mean what you
|
||||||
|
want it to mean. A religion, according to the dictionary, requires the
|
||||||
|
belief in or worship of supernatural beings or gods. But you play the
|
||||||
|
oldest game: redefine the terms of the argument in ways that benefit your
|
||||||
|
side.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Let me repeat: this great Secular Humanist Conspiracy DOES NOT EXIST.
|
||||||
|
You and others like you have created it out of gossamer and a few pieces
|
||||||
|
of paper in order to have something to point at. Tell me, do you think
|
||||||
|
there are Secular Humanist cell meetings in the middle of the night?
|
||||||
|
I'm an atheist, I sure as hell wasn't invited to any of them. Where
|
||||||
|
Is it based? Where is its funding? Where can I go to a meeting?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
So a few guys wrote down their opinions....again, so what? They
|
||||||
|
speak for no one but themselves. Just as I speak for no one but myself.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
You and others like you have come up with a name and shoved into it
|
||||||
|
whatever you don't like, then try to convince others that it exists. It's
|
||||||
|
as simple as that.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
========
|
||||||
|
COMMENT #825796: <poster says this is a rehash of previous
|
||||||
|
discussion that got nowhere> <indicates respectful disagreement &
|
||||||
|
moves on>
|
||||||
|
========
|
||||||
|
DATE: SUN SEP 18, 1994 12:29:28 #826218
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Of course...because you have no facts to back you up.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
THE CON SUITE: ROBERT BLOCH PASSES AWAY #833044
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT SEP 24, 1994 1:09:27 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tonight, at 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time, noted author and screenwriter
|
||||||
|
Robert Bloch, a good and kind man considered one of the brightest
|
||||||
|
lights in his field, passed away from cancer.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT SEP 24, 1994 5:23:00 #833584
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Forrest Ackerman released that information *despite* being asked
|
||||||
|
by the family NOT to do so. Everyone respected their decision to have
|
||||||
|
this kept private until he passed except Ackerman. They were *very*
|
||||||
|
distressed that he released this.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: NO STORY IDEAS, PLEASE #828590
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 20, 1994 3:20:13
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Just a reminder not to post or send story ideas for episodes.
|
||||||
|
I've just had a flurry of them wind up in my email box, and I've
|
||||||
|
had to delete them without reading them, and send cranky notes
|
||||||
|
back to the people who sent them. Story ideas open up legal
|
||||||
|
liabilities that potentially jeapordize my ability to stay here.
|
||||||
|
Please don't send them to me. We're solid for the season at this
|
||||||
|
time, and virtually every story for the full five year run is more
|
||||||
|
or less plotted out.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Thanks for listening.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: B5 SOUNDTRACK INFO #832408
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI SEP 23, 1994 3:17:14 PM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
At this point, the soundtrack wouldn't include the music
|
||||||
|
from the pilot in *any* event; the plan at this point is to do
|
||||||
|
just the series for now, and maybe the pilot later. And if the
|
||||||
|
CD Chris plans to release is the same one as I've got now...it's
|
||||||
|
a LOT longer than 40 minutes, closer to 50 or a squidge more.
|
||||||
|
He's orchestrated the various cues into one long-playing suite,
|
||||||
|
so one flows into the other, and it's a whole piece that plays
|
||||||
|
on throughout the CD. I'm very critical about music, and this
|
||||||
|
is *real* nice.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: B5 NOVELS? #829686
|
||||||
|
DATE: WED SEP 21, 1994
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
John Vornholt has turned in the first B5 novel to the publisher,
|
||||||
|
Dell; Lois Tilton is working on a second, and John will also do a
|
||||||
|
third. The first novel, "Voices," should be out around January,
|
||||||
|
I'm told.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We're doing something kinda unusual with both the novels and
|
||||||
|
the comic due out from DC, in that we're trying to keep them in line
|
||||||
|
with B5 continuity, so that they can be considered canon at a basic
|
||||||
|
level, rather than unrelated throwaways.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I'm personally overseeing the novels (just finished my notes on
|
||||||
|
John's first book, very light line edits for the most part), as well
|
||||||
|
as the comic (in addition to writing the first issue, and providing
|
||||||
|
the story arc for the next 8 issues, taken to script by others).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
It should all be part of the overall story, not just done to make
|
||||||
|
some bucks. It takes a little more work, but I think it's important.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS SEP 22, 1994 2:50:20 #830922
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Ron Thornton keeps wanting to do a tech manual, so I'm sure it'll
|
||||||
|
happen in time. Optic Nerve has already put together an Aliens of B5
|
||||||
|
guide for in-house use at this time (with material written by Larry
|
||||||
|
DiTillio), which may eventually see the light of day outside the B5
|
||||||
|
offices. At present, no role playing games that I know of are in the
|
||||||
|
works.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: JESUIT #828594
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 20, 1994 3:27:24
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
There really is no "Jesuit connection" on B5. While I was raised
|
||||||
|
Catholic (sorta), it wore off quickly. But it's something I know about.
|
||||||
|
In talking with my spousal overunit Kathryn about this, she also felt
|
||||||
|
that if he were as Catholic as I'd made him out to be, he'd probably
|
||||||
|
have been trained by Jesuits, the closest things we have to theological
|
||||||
|
pit-bulls. It made sense, so that's what he became.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: MATEWAN #831939
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS SEP 22, 1994 11:51:19
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Er, actually, this was a reference to a real and traumatic
|
||||||
|
strike a number of years ago in a place called Matewan. Different
|
||||||
|
place, and a real strike, immortalized in film.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: SEAQUEST DSV OR TNG? #829163
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 20, 1994 8:17:12
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Here's comedy for you...I don't think I've ever received
|
||||||
|
as many "thank you" notes about Babylon 5 in any 48 hours as
|
||||||
|
I did in the 48 hours following the broadcast of the new SeaQuest....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS SEP 22, 1994 11:51:14 #831936
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"Do you make Babylon 5 too?!"
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No, just Babylon 5, I'm making no other shows at present.
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jms
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SF/FANTASY TV: SCHNEIDER RIPS SEAQUEST #830048
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DATE: WED SEP 21, 1994
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|
Hasburgh needs to get a clue, methinks....
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(And the "baby-in-a-bucket" scene you refer to was one of
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|
the most moronic things I've ever seen; it guaranteed the kid
|
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|
would die, given that we never saw it surface, or give any
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|
inclination to surface; the only reason the kid survived was
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|
that SQ was conveniently there...but of course they didn't know
|
||||||
|
this. A trash receptacle, sinking to the ocean floor, with NO
|
||||||
|
oxygen supply, sealed and airtight...yeah, that's a *real* good
|
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|
idea for keeping your kid alive.)
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jms
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DATE: THURS SEP 22, 1994 2:50:16 #830920
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I really don't watch DS9, and thus don't really have an
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|
opinion on the writing of the show. The only time I see it
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is if it's on while I'm walking through the room.
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jms
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DATE: THURS SEP 22, 1994 3:14:31 #831284
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I try when possible to watch the debuts of new SF series, but
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I generally don't have time to watch thereafter; I'm at the studio
|
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|
from morning until 7:30, then I write at home until sometimes 3-4
|
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|
a.m., with only a break for dinner, so watching *any* TV becomes
|
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|
problematic at best. I'm often forced to tape stuff and watch a
|
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|
little of it on the weekend. The only shows I try to catch weekly
|
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|
are X-Files, TV Nation (when it was on, and let's hope it's renewed),
|
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|
and MST3k.
|
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|
I tried to stay with SeaQuest, and made it through about the
|
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|
first hour, but finally dived out; I just thought it was dumb and
|
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|
juvenile and populated with breathtakingly annoying characters.
|
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|
(Just one man's opinion; your mileage may vary.) I wasn't able to
|
||||||
|
watch more than about 20 minutes of the new Lois and Clark, but that
|
||||||
|
was mainly due to work pressures; I hope to try and catch it again
|
||||||
|
this weekend.
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|
For my money, X-Files is still one of the spiffier shows on TV.
|
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|
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|
jms
|
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|
SF/FANTASY TV: SAVE ROBO: NEW INFO! #831959
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DATE: FRI SEP 23, 1994 12:05:22 AM
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|
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|
Word on the street is that it's too late, Robocop has been
|
||||||
|
officially canceled.
|
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jms
|
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|
---
|
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|
DATE: THURS SEP 22, 1994 2:50:18 #830921
|
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|
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|
"Chrysalis," a cliffhanger of sorts, leads right into "Points
|
||||||
|
of Departure," which picks up some of the tables kicked over by
|
||||||
|
"Chrysalis," the balance of which are picked up in the second episode,
|
||||||
|
"Revelations." By the end of the second new episode, pretty much
|
||||||
|
everything is now in place for the rest of the second season...though
|
||||||
|
not everything is in quite the same position as it originally was.
|
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|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
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|
DATE: THURS SEP 22, 1994 3:14:29 #831283
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|
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|
Season two of Babylon 5 is 22 episodes, same as season one.
|
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|
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jms
|
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|
DATE: TUES SEP 20, 1994 8:09:08 #829159
|
||||||
|
|
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|
It's my understanding that Channel 4 has already agreed
|
||||||
|
to pick up season two, and it'll probably commence around the
|
||||||
|
same time as the American airdates start: November or thereabouts.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: WED SEP 21, 1994 #829684
|
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|
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|
New B5 episodes will start late October, beginning with
|
||||||
|
the last episode of year one, "Chrysalis," followed the next
|
||||||
|
week by the season two opener, "Points of Departure."
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: WED SEP 21, 1994 #830041
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
There is one more new season one episode remaining to be aired,
|
||||||
|
"Chrysalis," which airs mid-late October. This is followed by the
|
||||||
|
second season debut, "Points of Departure," a week later.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
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|
STAR TREK: VOYAGER SCRIPT #828589
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 20, 1994 3:20:06
|
||||||
|
TO: SYSOP LEE WHITESIDE
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We've been pretty good at keeping episode scripts out of
|
||||||
|
circulation; a couple have gotten out, but that's about it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
What we do plan to do, a bit down the road, is to sell B5
|
||||||
|
scripts in a *proper* fashion: those who've written for us and want
|
||||||
|
their scripts sold, we'll sell through a still-in-the-planning-stage
|
||||||
|
fan liaison office. (If they choose not to have their scripts sold,
|
||||||
|
that's fine too.) The original writer will get a ROYALTY from each
|
||||||
|
copy sold, just like with a novel. This is frankly how it *should*
|
||||||
|
be done...thus, that's how we're going to do it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
(Insofar as I know, to the previous message here, Lincoln Enterprises
|
||||||
|
does not pay any kind of royalty to the authors of scripts they sell.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 20, 1994 3:54:18 #828933
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Stephen, you say that "there are plenty of ways to
|
||||||
|
legally obtain them," and then you cite as examples of
|
||||||
|
this "script vendors in the Hollywood area...(and) dealers
|
||||||
|
at cons." NEITHER of these are legal, Stephen. The *only*
|
||||||
|
legal means is through a studio/production company, and they
|
||||||
|
are rather tight with these things.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This is a profound misunderstanding on your part.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 20, 1994 8:09:05 #829157
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Actually, the physical script *does* remain the property
|
||||||
|
of the writer, even in American TV. The copyright to the
|
||||||
|
characters, the story, what's IN the script, is owned by the
|
||||||
|
studio/network (making pirating illegal on that level), while
|
||||||
|
the physical script is owned by the writer under separation
|
||||||
|
of rights (which makes the pirating doubly illegal).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 20, 1994 12:23:31 #828438
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Stephen...calm down.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This (the matter of scripts floating around at script stores
|
||||||
|
and cons and the like) is a very difficult, touchy issue. On the
|
||||||
|
one hand...I and any other script-pro loses money, and our copyright
|
||||||
|
is violated, every single time one of our scripts ends up in a
|
||||||
|
convention bin, photocopied endlessly. On one hand, I take that
|
||||||
|
very personally, and when I find it at a convention, I remove the
|
||||||
|
copies from the dealer's table. If the dealer has a problem, I urge
|
||||||
|
him to call security so that I in turn can press charges against him.
|
||||||
|
Because, frankly, they *are* dealing in stolen merchandise. It's no
|
||||||
|
different than if someone photocopied the latest Dave Brin novel, and
|
||||||
|
was selling the copies at a convention.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
*On the other hand*....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
If I step away from my own vested interests for a moment, the
|
||||||
|
reality is that it's *very* hard to get one's hand on scripts, in
|
||||||
|
order to learn from them. Early in my career, I bought a lot of
|
||||||
|
scripts from various script sellers, and at conventions, so that I
|
||||||
|
could study them and learn how to write scripts. Even now, when I'm
|
||||||
|
at a convention, if I see the script to a show I want to study, to
|
||||||
|
see how the writer did it, I'm *very* tempted. Sometimes I give in.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Is this a massive contradiction? Absolutely. And I have thus
|
||||||
|
far not figured out how to resolve it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The closest I've come is in deciding not to blame the person
|
||||||
|
who buys the script, as much as the person who sells it. I've had
|
||||||
|
people come up to me at conventions with a copy of the B5 pilot
|
||||||
|
script, purchased on the "black market" and ask me to *sign it*. I
|
||||||
|
debated for a long time how to handle this, and finally decided to
|
||||||
|
do so by signing it, and writing on the front page, THIS IS A
|
||||||
|
NON-AUTHORIZED COPY OF THIS SCRIPT, AND IS NOT FOR RESALE FOR PROFIT,
|
||||||
|
FOR ANY REASON ON EARTH, THIS IS ONLY (name's) PERSONAL COPY, PERIOD,
|
||||||
|
AND IF HE SELLS IT I WILL COME TO HIS HOUSE AND HUNT HIM DOWN LIKE
|
||||||
|
THE DOG HE IS.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I've found this a *most* effective deterrent.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Point being...the person to be yelled at is probably the dealer,
|
||||||
|
who knows full well what he's doing, rather than the person who buys
|
||||||
|
a script, not entirely aware of the details, only wanting a piece of
|
||||||
|
something that he or she experienced and enjoyed.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: WED SEP 21, 1994 #829685
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Studios are not licensed to permit ANYONE to sell scripts
|
||||||
|
by the author; that is the right of the writer, period, unless
|
||||||
|
specifically given in contract (which would violate WGA's agreement).
|
||||||
|
Their general right to operate may have been renewed, but that's got
|
||||||
|
*nothing* to do with who has the right to sell scripts.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
And yes, generally speaking scripts can be bought in advance
|
||||||
|
of debut at many of these script operations.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: WED SEP 21, 1994 #829683
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Very few people, really, would want to read a script
|
||||||
|
in script form (in the case of novelizations). The sales
|
||||||
|
of the former would be so small as to be negligible, and
|
||||||
|
wouldn't cut into the sales of the latter in any real way.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Novelization rights are usually purchased with the rights
|
||||||
|
to the contents of the script, btw, and are generally controled
|
||||||
|
by the studio, as opposed to the physical script, with remains
|
||||||
|
with the writer. In the case of B5, we don't intend to do any
|
||||||
|
novelizations of scripts in any event, so the question is moot.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI SEP 23, 1994 2:10:01 AM #832059
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Stephen...several real points of contention.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
1) Re: people giving the story away to you because they
|
||||||
|
read it...how is that any different than people who give the
|
||||||
|
story away to you because they saw it, or in a review? I had
|
||||||
|
the same problem you did with EMPIRE, not because anyone bought
|
||||||
|
the script, but because a stupid reviewer in the San Diego Tribune
|
||||||
|
blabbed it all in his review...I was walking into the theater to
|
||||||
|
see ROCKY, having scrupulously avoided seeing any kind of reviews
|
||||||
|
or articles...and somebody coming out yelled, "ROCKY LOSES!" This
|
||||||
|
is really a tangential issue.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
2) Re: other people not wanting to see the movie because
|
||||||
|
X-character dies...again, by the time the movie hits the theaters,
|
||||||
|
this information will be running around. What difference is there
|
||||||
|
if that person makes up his mind on that basis now, or the day
|
||||||
|
before the movie opens? This isn't about script leaks, this is
|
||||||
|
about people's eccentricities. You seem to think that if scripts
|
||||||
|
aren't available, there will be this huge vacuum, and nobody will
|
||||||
|
know anything about a movie until they walk in the door. This
|
||||||
|
simply ain't so.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
3) "When you steal those scripts, you are depriving Lincoln
|
||||||
|
of legitimate income." Is it legitimate? Again, the physical
|
||||||
|
ownership of a script is the writer's, unless it is specifically
|
||||||
|
transferred.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
4) "Paramount has to hire additional staff to track down
|
||||||
|
stolen scripts and enforce confidentiality." To my knowledge,
|
||||||
|
Paramount does no such thing. If they do, it doesn't come out
|
||||||
|
of the Star Trek production budget in any event.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"That's money that could be invested in hiring better
|
||||||
|
writers..." Do you think there's a two-tiered system, bad
|
||||||
|
writers cost X, good writers cost Y? The Writers Guild determines
|
||||||
|
salary minimums, and I don't believe that there is much wide
|
||||||
|
divergence in this area over there. "or doing special effects or
|
||||||
|
buying that special script from an outside writer."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Again, Stephen, as far as I know, ST pays the same rates for
|
||||||
|
all scripts that it buys, same as every other show in Hollywood.
|
||||||
|
There is no seperate category for "special scripts." Again, the
|
||||||
|
WGA determines the price of scripts. What you describe here, as
|
||||||
|
above, simply DOES NOT HAPPEN. And, again, any tracking-down of
|
||||||
|
scripts and stuff would be done by Paramount Legal Affairs division,
|
||||||
|
on behalf of ALL their shows, and would come out of that budget, not
|
||||||
|
the show budget. That kind of cross collatorization isn't done,
|
||||||
|
because there'd be no way to keep track of it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Some of your points are fairly reasonble, but you don't buttress
|
||||||
|
your case by including wild fancy.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
NOTE: RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT POSTER
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT SEP 24, 1994 5:06:01 #833576
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Of course, at the bottom-line, what you're saying is that if
|
||||||
|
someone chooses not to put something on the market, or cannot
|
||||||
|
viably do so, then it's okay to steal it, and folks shouldn't
|
||||||
|
complain when it happens.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: GILBERT SAYS O'HARE FIRED #829158
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES SEP 20, 1994 8:09:06
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I'm trying to track down a copy of the tape now, but I've
|
||||||
|
heard other characterizations of the interview as not being quite
|
||||||
|
so aggressive in this regard, in which she defended O'Hare. This
|
||||||
|
is turning into a game of interpretations; once I have the tape
|
||||||
|
on hand, this should be clarified.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
=========
|
||||||
|
POST #829457: <person who has tape, offers to forward> <states
|
||||||
|
that O'Hare was mentioned 1 time, Melissa did not defend him>
|
||||||
|
=========
|
||||||
|
DATE: WED SEP 21, 1994 #829681
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Brett: if I can't dig it up elsewhere, yeah, I'll probably
|
||||||
|
take you up on that offer. It's not a big thing, frankly, but
|
||||||
|
I generally prefer first hand knowledge of stuff, and certainly
|
||||||
|
your characterization has usually been spot-on.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: B5 IN TV GUIDE... #830919
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS SEP 22, 1994 2:50:15
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
...sigh...well, at least they acknowledged our existence
|
||||||
|
for a change.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS SEP 22, 1994 11:51:15 #831937
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Negative, Electronic Arts let the rights to the B5 game
|
||||||
|
lapse; they are now in the hands of Merit Software.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,453 @@
|
||||||
|
These are messages from J. Michael Straczynski on CompuServe, collected by
|
||||||
|
Michele Worley (michele_l_worley@yahoo.com).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: <EYES> FINALLY SAW IT #846124
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS OCT 6, 1994 4:06:25 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"MORE!"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Just 3 more weeks.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: CHRYSALIS SPOILER #843485
|
||||||
|
DATE: MON OCT 3, 1994 7:15:07 PM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
That explanation is in the very next episode. Complete and
|
||||||
|
in full. Never said otherwise. I've always made it clear that
|
||||||
|
this will be resolved in the first episode of year two.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: CHRYSALIS SPOILERS #843491
|
||||||
|
RESPONSE-TO: AndyL
|
||||||
|
DATE: MON OCT 3, 1994 7:21:02 PM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Except, of course, that where everyone goes is important to
|
||||||
|
the rest of the story, and that the purpose of the episode is to
|
||||||
|
introduce massive change into the story overall; when Sinclair says
|
||||||
|
"Nothing's the same anymore," he's deadly serious, and so are we.
|
||||||
|
The changes won't just be transitory or for a season-end hook; these
|
||||||
|
are permanent and substantial changes in the arc.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: CHRYSALIS SPOILERS #843847
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 12:17:14 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Thanks. I've watched that episode, between rough cuts and
|
||||||
|
producers cuts and mixing and all the rest, something like a
|
||||||
|
dozen times...and it still gets to me. Glad you feel the same.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: CHRYSALIS OF COURSE #844818
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 11:53:14 PM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Correct; Garibaldi's aide has *always* been a plant. I seeded him
|
||||||
|
in from the beginning, specifically for that purpose. It was the aide
|
||||||
|
who got Sinclair out of his quarters in "Sky," was the liaison who got
|
||||||
|
Benson on line (also in security, you'll remember), and helped dispose
|
||||||
|
of the body. If you watch his reaction in "Sky," he's the one who brings
|
||||||
|
info to Garibaldi looking to clear Benson; and when Garibaldi sees through
|
||||||
|
it, you can see his aide move off looking very worried.
|
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Originally, it was Laurel Takashima who would have betrayed those
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around her, as this character did. When Laurel was transferred, I had
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a choice: keep that arc for her replacement (Ivanova), or give this part
|
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of it to someone else. Now, knowing how the folks here on the nets and
|
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|
elsewhere think, and knowing that they knew about the Laurel-possible-traitor
|
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|
thread, I figured that everyone would assume that Ivanova would get that
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part. (And, sure enough, a lot of people did.) This became a wonderrfully
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convenient blind behind which to build the *real* plant.
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And thus far, *nobody's* seen it coming. He was right there in clear
|
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view, we used him many times (also in "By Any Means Necessary," for
|
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instance), and nobody ever paid him the slightest attention.
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It is, in a way, the classic magician's trick of misdirection: you
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|
try to get everyone to look at your hand so they won't look at the huge
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elephant being wheeled up onto the stage in plain sight.
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jms
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BABYLON 5: CHRYSALIS SPOILERS #845725
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DATE: WED OCT 5, 1994 9:41:25
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"If the Shadows are active on Earth, we need to ask why
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Psi-Corps haven't picked them up."
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Yep.
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jms
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DATE: THURS OCT 6, 1994 3:08:01 PM #846563
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In the pilot, Lyta specifically states that once she's inside
|
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|
Kosh's mind, it's all subjective; and as such, she'll be "seeing"
|
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|
her own body, not his. Hence the hand.
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jms
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DATE: FRI OCT 7, 1994 3:59:08 AM #847356
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Yeah, we used the photo of LBJ being sworn in as the model
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|
when we shot that scene; interestingly enough, the day we shot
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|
that scene was the anniversary of the day LBJ took office after
|
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|
JFK was killed. The atmosphere on set was *very* strange that day....
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jms
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BABYLON 5: I NEED SOME EPISODES! #846003
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DATE: THURS OCT 6, 1994 12:57:26
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|
"My other two (Babylon 5) tapes mysteriously disappeared."
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|
Have you checked the Babylon 4 tape archive?
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jms
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BABYLON 5: B5 QUESTIONS FOR JMS #847021
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RESPONSE-TO: SIMON GRIERSON
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DATE: THURS OCT 6, 1994 9:50:02 PM
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The underground high-tech will be seen again, and will have a role
|
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|
to play.
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|
Delenn is acting slightly outside the majority opinion of the Grey
|
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|
Council in her actions.
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|
What's going on with Delenn is not supernatural.
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|
There's something going on between the Minbari and the Vorlons, but
|
||||||
|
that won't be clear for a bit longer yet.
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|
Jason Ironheart won't be returning anytime soon. Not at all, really,
|
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|
in any sense we understand. I don't like omnipotent beings running around
|
||||||
|
in the storyline; makes some things too easy, and other things too hard.
|
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|
No, Delenn does not become Zathras.
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||||||
|
And no, I'm *definitely* not taking any kinds of ideas for stories,
|
||||||
|
for movies or for episodes, at this time. The point of B5 is that it's
|
||||||
|
a self contained novel, which is already written out. I've got more
|
||||||
|
stories in the B5 universe running around in my head than I could *ever*
|
||||||
|
use in all the episodes, books, comics and so on. In putting together
|
||||||
|
all of the background information, the future story arc, the character
|
||||||
|
histories, I find myself in kind of a Tolkien-ish situation, where I have
|
||||||
|
far more material than I could ever use. Also, receiving any kind of
|
||||||
|
story ideas here on the nets endangers my presence here for legal reasons.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Finally...as a note, your message contains spoilers, and should be
|
||||||
|
noted with brackets to keep from ruining the fun for others.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Other than that...thanks, and I'm pleased you enjoy the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
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|
BABYLON 5: CHRYSALIS SPOILERS #843848
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 12:17:16 AM
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||||||
|
Main thing is, I'd suggest watching "Sky" just before
|
||||||
|
watching "Chrysalis."
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|
jms
|
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|
BABYLON 5: HARLAN ELLISON #837328
|
||||||
|
DATE: WED SEP 28, 1994
|
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|
|
||||||
|
Thanks, and I agree with you 100% about Harlan.
|
||||||
|
He's quite a guy.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: GARIBALDI & CO #838193
|
||||||
|
DATE: WED SEP 28, 1994
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Correct, I think that Michael and Bruce are either
|
||||||
|
the same age, or Bruce is a smidge older.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: B5 2ND SEASON #848114
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI OCT 7, 1994 9:53:10 PM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Yes, the season one ender is "Chrysalis;" season two starts the
|
||||||
|
following week; and we do see Bruce in the first episode of year two.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
-----
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 7:43:25 PM #844492
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I think the UK will be running season two starting in December.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: YEAR TWO GUEST STARS #839197
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS SEP 29, 1994 7:51:07
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Just a note to apprise everbody on some of the guest stars on
|
||||||
|
year two of BABYLON 5. We've been doing some pretty nifty stuff.
|
||||||
|
In just the first seven episodes of B5 we've already used the
|
||||||
|
following guest stars:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fobert Foxworth. Michael Ansara. Dwight Schultz. Anna Marie
|
||||||
|
Johnson. Adrienne Barbeau. Michael Beck. Jessica Walters. James
|
||||||
|
Shigeta. Walter Koenig. Russ Tamblyn.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Not a bad start, I think....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI SEP 30, 1994 12:22:28 AM #839599
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Still definitely interested in getting McGoohan one of these days.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT OCT 1, 1994 4:10:01 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I don't have any personal contact with McGoohan to answer your
|
||||||
|
questions; just one more admirer of his work.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT OCT 1, 1994 1:00:12 AM #840685
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Oh, we have some very interesting plans for Mr. Bester....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: BOXLEITNER #840687
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT OCT 1, 1994 1:00:16 AM #840687
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The way in which Sheridan comes into the storyline is *absolutely*
|
||||||
|
consistent with everything that has come before, and everything that
|
||||||
|
follows.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: ATTENTION UK B5 FANS! #839011
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS SEP 29, 1994 5:19:17
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I'm piggy-backing this message onto Brett's for the UK viewers
|
||||||
|
out there.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"Chrysalis" airs in just a few days in the UK...Monday evening.
|
||||||
|
I would have much preferred that it air more closely to the US
|
||||||
|
broadcast, or simultaneously, but PTEN chose otherwise.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Of all the episodes I wrote for season one, this is probably the
|
||||||
|
best of them. This one works on every single level, including the
|
||||||
|
acting, the directing, the lighting...all of it. It's as close to a
|
||||||
|
perfect episode that we've done.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
As you'll discover in a few days, at least half of the show's
|
||||||
|
success is in the surprises, and the planned shocks along the way.
|
||||||
|
You'll know what I'm talking about instantly, when you see it. As
|
||||||
|
stated before, we tip over every table we've got.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Specific reactions and spoilers posted here will hit people
|
||||||
|
literally WEEKS before it airs. The effect, I think, would be to
|
||||||
|
dilute the impact of the story profoundly. So I would like to take
|
||||||
|
this opportunity to ask our UK friends for a personal favor.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Obviously, discussing the episode on local UK systems is terrific,
|
||||||
|
no problem. If it's possible, it'd be wonderful if you could be more
|
||||||
|
general or vague in comments here. If you have specific questions
|
||||||
|
related to the story, I'll be happy to respond to anything posted
|
||||||
|
privately here. I know and appreciate that this would be an
|
||||||
|
inconvenience, and there's nothing that obliges anyone to go along
|
||||||
|
with this. I ask it only as a personal favor.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT OCT 1, 1994 1:00:14 AM #840686
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
It's not so much with the hole in Sinclair's mind (though that's
|
||||||
|
touched upon in a major way)...you could say it's to do with EVERYTHING
|
||||||
|
on the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
PROS AND PUBLISHING: WANTED - WRITERS #839612
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI SEP 30, 1994 12:32:25 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Of course, depending on how you choose to define "net revenue,"
|
||||||
|
and it can be defined so as to make it look as though there ARE no
|
||||||
|
net revenues, regardless of what may actually come in...it's possible
|
||||||
|
that the writers and artists could receive *zero* money. (I work in
|
||||||
|
Hollywood, and I've seen how bookkeeping can make a huge profit into
|
||||||
|
a net loss.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
There's no real way of knowing what "net profits" are until and
|
||||||
|
unless one audits your books.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
It is standard, professional behavior to offer a set fee, X-cents
|
||||||
|
per word, or a flat fee. If you are not doing this, then I can only
|
||||||
|
conclude that something's profoundly wrong about this whole deal.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: NO STORY IDEAS PLEASE #843490
|
||||||
|
DATE: MON OCT 3, 1994 7:21:01 PM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fox doesn't produce B5; it's Warners/PTEN, so Fox can't "can" the show.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
As for fan fiction...I try to discourage it where possible, primarily
|
||||||
|
if it's in a place where I can see it, to defuse any legal problems such as
|
||||||
|
the one that killed one of Marion Zimmer Bradley's books. There are going
|
||||||
|
to be some B5 novels from Dell, but we're working with the writers of those
|
||||||
|
books to make sure they're *not* just unrelated throwaways, but are part of
|
||||||
|
B5 continuity, and thus nominally canon.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 3:03:01 PM #844240
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Incorrect; now that she has been legally burned by it, MZB *is*
|
||||||
|
openly discouraging fans from "playing in her fiction," as you put it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 12:17:17 AM #843849
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
A fan wrote an extended piece of fan fiction set in Zimmer's
|
||||||
|
universe, which ended up being very close to what Marion was working
|
||||||
|
on. The publisher, aware of both, spiked Marion's novel for fear of
|
||||||
|
being sued. A year or two of work down the drain.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS OCT 6, 1994 12:51:10 #845997
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"I'd be more than happy to sign a waiver as long as she would do
|
||||||
|
the same."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Why should MZB *have* to sign any kind of waiver? It's her universe.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
======
|
||||||
|
John Brobston: It makes sense for MZB to sign a waiver relinquishing rights
|
||||||
|
to the fan's work.
|
||||||
|
======
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI OCT 7, 1994 3:55:17 AM #847350
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I don't think you're seeing my point; my question was why MZB would
|
||||||
|
have to sign a waiver, not the other person. Getting a waiver or
|
||||||
|
disclaimer from the fan is, of course, fine. But for MZB to sign a waiver
|
||||||
|
means that she is giving up rights to her own creation...why should she
|
||||||
|
have to do that?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT OCT 8, 1994 1:38:29 AM #848386
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Your suggestion is fine except that it has nothing to do with
|
||||||
|
the publishing business.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: NO STORY IDEAS PLEASE #843851
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 12:17:21 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I know I'm on for some kind of national symposium thingie (could
|
||||||
|
I possibly sound any stupider?) in February; that's all I can recall
|
||||||
|
offhand. I'll be sure to post more info the closer we get to it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: B5 MERCHANDISE #844241
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 3:03:02 PM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The CD Rom was planned for January, but there have been a lot of
|
||||||
|
recent shakeups at Compton's, so that may get pushed back. I'd expect
|
||||||
|
LD's sometime in the spring.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
=========
|
||||||
|
QUESTION #844432: Will the LDs be single or multiple episodes?
|
||||||
|
=========
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 7:43:26 PM #844493
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Haven't heard for sure, but I'd imagine that they'd be two to a disk,
|
||||||
|
one on each side.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: COMIC BOOK #843850
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 12:17:19 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I think it'll be out the first week of December.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: DS9 2ND PART WAS AWFUL! #846002
|
||||||
|
DATE: THURS OCT 6, 1994 12:57:25
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Hey, give 'em a break...after all, there's no holodeck on DS9
|
||||||
|
to use for creating false stories...had to do *something*...couldn't
|
||||||
|
have any of this stuff actually *happen*, now could they?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
STAR TREK: TREK IS DYING? #844239
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 3:03:00 PM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The last season one episode, the quasi-cliffhanger "Chrysalis"
|
||||||
|
airs around October 24th, with the first episode of year two following
|
||||||
|
the week thereafter.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 3:37:06 AM #843967
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Thanks. One thing that I think commends B5 to people is the sense --
|
||||||
|
which as Henry Kissinger said, "has the added benefit of being true" --
|
||||||
|
that the show is made by folks who *genuinely like SF*. The majority of
|
||||||
|
people who work on B5 are fans...you walk down the halls and you see
|
||||||
|
evidence of this all over the place (particularly in the art department).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
So it's really a case of people making a show they'd like to watch
|
||||||
|
themselves. It means respecting the audience because they/we *are* the
|
||||||
|
audience.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
DATE: TUES OCT 4, 1994 1:49:19 AM #843925
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Hey...there's always section 13 if you want to look around a little....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
DATE: FRI OCT 7, 1994 12:16:00 AM #847197
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"I like B5, but it's NO Star Trek."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Thank you. Weren't meant to be.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
That's not a dig, simply a statement of fact and intent.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
From some of the research done on the show, a *lot* of ST fans
|
||||||
|
tuned in to B5 expecting something kinda like ST...and when they saw
|
||||||
|
it wasn't it, figured it was a bad version of ST, rather than seeing
|
||||||
|
it simply as something utterly different.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
One could say, of NYPD Blue, "It's NO Cagney and Lacey." Well,
|
||||||
|
no, it's not. That's rather beside the point.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: B5 AND COMMERCIALS #848387
|
||||||
|
DATE: SAT OCT 8, 1994 1:38:30 AM
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
All b5 episodes consist of a teaser, four acts, and a tag.
|
||||||
|
I believe that ST is 5 acts and a teaser. Our acts tend to be of
|
||||||
|
uneven length; we just write whatever feels appropriate. Sometimes
|
||||||
|
an act can be 7 minutes, or 13 minutes, whatever is best for the story.
|
||||||
|
Overall we have the same number of commercials as ST or any other
|
||||||
|
syndicated series.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
============
|
||||||
|
QUESTION #845650: In S&P, wasn't Sinclair ordering the self-destruct &
|
||||||
|
evacuation?
|
||||||
|
============
|
||||||
|
BABYLON 5: SINCLAIR'S FUTURE MISTAKE #845726
|
||||||
|
DATE: WED OCT 5, 1994 9:41:02
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The voice you hear in B2 is not Sinclair.
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Also...1) check the name spelling, and 2) unless you append my
|
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CIS ID-number, I won't see this unless I do a full scan of topics.
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BABYLON 5: GARIBALDI'S MOTORCYCLE #846994
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DATE: THURS OCT 6, 1994 9:35:16 PM
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I believe the bike in question was a Ninja. And Jerry Doyle
|
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is something of an enthusiast, which is part of what led us to that.
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DATE: WED OCT 5, 1994 9:31:11
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usually spacing, for treason and mutiny, so that mainly only affects
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by darkman@io.com.
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[Response to an NBC executive's posting; the man was replying to JMS' comment
|
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that seaQuest DSV had some major problems. Thanks to kilgalen@tde.com]
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Subj: NBC exec responds/Part 2 Section: seaQuest DSV
|
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To: Mary Feller, 73234,62 Friday, March 10, 1995 3:48:11 AM
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From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#137074
|
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|
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Dear Mr. Grill-Marxuach:
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|
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|
I was off wandering in the BABYLON 5 topic and saw a mention of your
|
||||||
|
note, so I figured I'd check it out. You've requested straight-up and
|
||||||
|
unfiltered feedback, and explained your own background in the request. Your
|
||||||
|
interest is salutory, your motives laudable. Like you, I am a fan of SF; my
|
||||||
|
feeling is the more SF on the air, the better those shows will have to become
|
||||||
|
by way of competition, with the audience being the final beneficiary.
|
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|
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|
I also know that there is a difference between a fan of the genre
|
||||||
|
responding to an inquiry like this, and someone who works in the Biz doing so.
|
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|
One can find oneself locked out of the executive suites if one exercises
|
||||||
|
bluntness to excess. Nonetheless, on the theory that I've never been terribly
|
||||||
|
smart about watching my mouth, and the secondary theory that we're both
|
||||||
|
fundamentally interested in the same thing, I'll chance it.
|
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|
Bottom line, Javier...I've worked on a LOT of shows, as producer,
|
||||||
|
writer, executive producer and story editor. In all that time, I have almost
|
||||||
|
never seen a network executive's appraisal actually *help* a show. One of the
|
||||||
|
few, rare exceptions to the rule is Gregg Maday at Warner Bros., who is quite
|
||||||
|
frankly a very sharp cookie...he knows story, he knows character, he's
|
||||||
|
willing to let creative people risk failing, he's just terrific.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
You mention quadruple-dialogues and defining the franchise and other
|
||||||
|
netspeak terms...I've heard them before...and for the most part they're
|
||||||
|
meaningless and less than meaningless, because they perpetuate the notion
|
||||||
|
that what one is doing is quantifiable and fundamentally productive. You
|
||||||
|
can't define characters with meetings, or fifteen page memos or changes in
|
||||||
|
wardrobe or age-range parameters. You define them in the *writing*, pure
|
||||||
|
and simple. The writing must emanate from one clear source, the show runner.
|
||||||
|
The more that is diffused with committee-think, and focus groups, and network
|
||||||
|
suggestions -- however well-intentioned and sincere -- the more the work is
|
||||||
|
hobbled, and compromised, and watered-down. It all becomes High Concept or
|
||||||
|
Twitch-Characterization, or Characterization By Way of Phony Conflict/Annoying
|
||||||
|
People. It seems to me that far too much time is being spent figuring out
|
||||||
|
who should be watching the show and how to get them, rather than *telling a
|
||||||
|
story* and letting the audience find you, respond to that story. If there's
|
||||||
|
anything I've learned in SF, it's that the story andthe quality of the writing
|
||||||
|
is crucial; everything else, EFX and wardrobe and makeup, can be secondary if
|
||||||
|
what we see is INTERESTING.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
seaQuest has gone through a lot of writer/producer/story editor changes
|
||||||
|
since its inception, mainly as a result of tinkering behind the scenes. Look
|
||||||
|
at all the really successful shows...they all have strong writer/producer
|
||||||
|
showrunners who are allowed to find and use their own voice, a perspective
|
||||||
|
that informs the show, PERSONALIZES it (something you can't do in a memo),
|
||||||
|
and makes it special...and the audience responds. Always has. Always will.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
You want to make seaQuest better? Go out and find the best writer
|
||||||
|
producer/show runner you can get your hands on. Preferably someone who
|
||||||
|
KNOWS SF and won't have to spend the first half of the first season
|
||||||
|
re-inventing the wheel with stories that those who know the genre could
|
||||||
|
tell wouldn't work from the git-go. (Is Bob Crais doing anything these
|
||||||
|
days?) Put that person in the EP's chair, shake his/her hand...and walk out
|
||||||
|
the door and leave them alone. Encourage them to be daring. Don't sit on
|
||||||
|
their shoulder and loom. Trust your people and leave them alone. You'd be
|
||||||
|
surprised how well this works.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Great opportunities have been missed with both seaQuest and Spielberg's
|
||||||
|
other show for NBC, AMAZING STORIES (which, frankly, was neither amazing nor
|
||||||
|
a story in most cases). My god, Javier, you work in the business, you know
|
||||||
|
how utterly uncommon it is to get a guarantee of two seasons from a network.
|
||||||
|
Because shows get short orders, they're loathe to do anything of moment,
|
||||||
|
anything of substance; when you've got a guarantee, it behooves you to be
|
||||||
|
assertive, aggressive, to challenge WITHIN an entertaining framework,
|
||||||
|
*particularly* if you're doing SF. Giant killer alligators don't do it.
|
||||||
|
Killer plants don't do it. Giant octopi don't do it. Those are kiddie
|
||||||
|
stories; SF has generally been the literature of ideas, and inhabited in
|
||||||
|
the main by bright kids and adults. The whole thrust of seaQuest is
|
||||||
|
adolescent-oriented...but most kids don't want to watch a show about the
|
||||||
|
military, don't like watching shows with other kids as the heros (anybody
|
||||||
|
here want to be Robin, who could already do all that great stuff, or did they
|
||||||
|
want to be Batman?), recognize that it's bogus, and at the same time you lose
|
||||||
|
the grownups who are looking for something with a little meat on the bones.
|
||||||
|
You fall between two chairs.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Blasphemy as this may be, I'd also suggest keeping Spielberg away from
|
||||||
|
the scripts. Visually, he's a genius. Left to his own devices, he can't
|
||||||
|
tell a story for sour owl-poop. He goes for the quick image, the flash and
|
||||||
|
dazzle, and the substance (SCHINDLER notwithstanding) isn't there. His best
|
||||||
|
work has always been in working from someone else's book or script; if he
|
||||||
|
gets into the writing process, try as he might, he's just not a writer,
|
||||||
|
doesn't think in terms of story continuity, but rather in scenes and imagery
|
||||||
|
that don't always add up to a STORY.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Undertand that SF fans *want* new shows to work; they've generally
|
||||||
|
been disappointed, and they/we look to each new show riding over the horizon
|
||||||
|
with the hope that *this* one will be the knight in shining armor that will
|
||||||
|
make everyone sit up and take serious notice of SF...only to watch the armor
|
||||||
|
fall off the horse when it draws near, revealing nothing inside in far too
|
||||||
|
many cases.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The failure of much SF television stems from failure of vision or
|
||||||
|
failure of nerve. The problems with seaQuest stem from both; a failure of
|
||||||
|
nerve in allowing the creative people to push the envelope and define the
|
||||||
|
show without committees, and the resultant failure of vision because there's
|
||||||
|
no one defining storyteller. David Kelley, Steve Bochco, Chris Carter...
|
||||||
|
hell, Javier, you know the short-list of show-runners as well as I do, maybe
|
||||||
|
better. And you know instantly the sort of show you're going to get from
|
||||||
|
them. Their shows succeed because they're for the most part left alone, and
|
||||||
|
because they bring a unique voice to their shows. What is the unique voice
|
||||||
|
in seaQuest?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Every season-end, the networks look to how they can change the show
|
||||||
|
to make it better...and in so doing, end up causing more problems, because
|
||||||
|
you've got to get over the resistance of the fans who resent losing
|
||||||
|
character X; you've got to spend the first part of your season setting up
|
||||||
|
those new characters and relationships, which costs you whatever momentum you
|
||||||
|
were able to build up in the prior season...it simply causes more problems
|
||||||
|
than letting the show continue to steadily find its audience.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
From day one, seaQuest has been tinkered with, and adjusted, and
|
||||||
|
second-guessed, and analyzed, and committee-banged, and thus has for all
|
||||||
|
that time been drifting from side to side, without identity or clear
|
||||||
|
direction, whipsawed and staggered until it's dizzy. The show doesn't know
|
||||||
|
what it wants to be, what it's about, or *who* it's about.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Take some chances with the stories. Don't assume you're making this
|
||||||
|
show for kids. Focus on the characters...who are they, what do they want,
|
||||||
|
and how far are they prepared to go to get it? Avoid the gimmick shows.
|
||||||
|
Break the glass bell around the characters that keeps us to only the most
|
||||||
|
simplistic motivations. (The best episode I saw of SQ was the one in which
|
||||||
|
Bridger must defeat a computer program of himself, and along the way must
|
||||||
|
face emotions, and a past he's been running from.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Bottom line...leave it alone, Javier. Stop picking at it or it won't
|
||||||
|
heal. Hire good writers, producers and story editors, and let them have the
|
||||||
|
helm for a while. Because if there's some other key to success in TV, I sure
|
||||||
|
as hell haven't seen it. Good luck.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
J. Michael Straczynski, Executive Producer, BABYLON 5
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[Will Janet Greek be doing any of the upcoming eps?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Janet was not available to us for most of this season due to illness
|
||||||
|
(flu turning into pneumonia), but she's better now, and will be
|
||||||
|
directing our season-ender, "The Price of Peace." We hope to
|
||||||
|
have her do five or six next year, and will of course try to get her
|
||||||
|
for our first and last as with this year and the last of
|
||||||
|
year one; she's kind of our good luck charm.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[Any time the rest of this season will we see: Bester, Morden, Sinclair?
|
||||||
|
Have you decided on a title for the third season yet? What's the background
|
||||||
|
hum you can hear with good headphones? Tell us about "The Long, Twilight
|
||||||
|
Struggle."]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I'd hoped to work in Bester by the end of this season for a second
|
||||||
|
appearance, but it doesn't look like it's going to work out; I'd have
|
||||||
|
to bend the story to do that, and I won't do that. I would, however,
|
||||||
|
like to use him more next season, and intend to do so. Sinclair;
|
||||||
|
not this season. Morden: yes.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Have I decided on a title for the third season? Yes.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We audio map each part of the station and create background sound including
|
||||||
|
a thrum whose volume depends on how far away they are from the hull, and the
|
||||||
|
mechanism that rotates the station.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I don't want to say anything about "The Long Twilight Struggle" at this
|
||||||
|
time, to avoid hyping people. Suffice to say it's a very strong episode.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[Are jumpgates shut down during wartime?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Actually, you've seen the Centauri warships, the Narn heavy cruiser, and
|
||||||
|
the Agamemnon all make their own jump points. The jump gates are mainly for
|
||||||
|
use by smaller ships and commercial vessels; of little or no strategic value.
|
||||||
|
(Nonetheless, during the war, access codes for jumpgates were changed to keep
|
||||||
|
out anything that might come out the other end as a bomb.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[What are your influences?
|
||||||
|
Will the death of Commodore (maker of the Amiga) affect the show?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The most important way of supporting the show is to write your local station.
|
||||||
|
It's hard to say what my influences were, in that I'm basically a fan of
|
||||||
|
the genre overall. On the one hand I grew up reading the Lord of the Ring
|
||||||
|
books, Dune, Childhood's End, Foundation, the Lensman books, all the real
|
||||||
|
sagas of SF...on the flip side my role models and/or influences in writing
|
||||||
|
include Rod Serling, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, Arch
|
||||||
|
Oboler, Norman Corwin, Reginald Rose, Paddy Chayefsky and Charles Beaumont.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
It's difficult to say what SF TV programs have inspired me since so few of
|
||||||
|
them have gotten it right; mainly the original ST, Twilight Zone, the Outer
|
||||||
|
Limits, the Prisoner, Blake's 7 and a very few others.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Problems with Commodore/Amiga won't affect us, since the technology has
|
||||||
|
already been imported over to DOS platforms. And yes, it's certainly
|
||||||
|
seemed that our decision to go CGI has been validated, with more and
|
||||||
|
more shows going over to this format. (In fact, DS9 has contracted with
|
||||||
|
the very same people who do our CGI to do some of their stuff. Nice to
|
||||||
|
see them following our lead.)
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
70/30 odds are pretty good; this time last year I set our odds at
|
||||||
|
50/50 for pickup on year two.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Again, the best advice is to write your local station.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Re: Blake's 7...what I enjoyed about the show was that you never knew what
|
||||||
|
the hell to expect from week to week. Regular cast members came and went; Blake (for whom the show was named) just plain vanished for most of the show. They were just nuts, willing to do anything if it served the story. I also enjoyed the character of Avon, someone who would pointedly smile only once per episode...and always at
|
||||||
|
the *most* inappropriate moment.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
("I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable, and I'm NOT going.")
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Granted it's a bit rough around the edges, but you may want to check it out again sometime.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[Could you send explosives through a jump point and have them appear suddenly
|
||||||
|
somewhere else?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Anything entering the gate must go through hyperspace, as we've shown in
|
||||||
|
the series. You could open a gate, then send through explosives, but
|
||||||
|
it would only blow up *in* hyperspace, it wouldn't come out the other side.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[Have you thought about doing a fantasy show? Why aren't there more of them?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Well, certainly now we have the Hercules series, which though I can't abide
|
||||||
|
it, is apparently doing well in the ratings...and there you've got cyclops
|
||||||
|
and sorceresses and all the trappings of fantasy. There have been other
|
||||||
|
attempts at fantasy, the one starring Judson Scott (the name of which has
|
||||||
|
just fallen out of my head), and pilots aplenty, including the Dr. Strange
|
||||||
|
pilot. Dark Shadows could almost qualify as fantasy, though often leaning
|
||||||
|
into horror. So there have been attempts (I know of one more in the works
|
||||||
|
right now in development with one of the new networks, via another writer;
|
||||||
|
though I'm not allowed to talk about it, suffice to say it has dragons and
|
||||||
|
all the other elements of fantasy).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
SF is better suited in general to TV because most of it is either
|
||||||
|
contemporary or somewhat futuristic, and in both cases you can either
|
||||||
|
use or cannibalize contemporary locations and sets. Once you start talking
|
||||||
|
castles and armies and the like, you're increasing the budget and production
|
||||||
|
problems by orders of magnitude. The more costly and problematic the
|
||||||
|
project, the less likely it becomes.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Using some of the tricks we've worked out on B5 could ameliorate a few of
|
||||||
|
these problems, but not the bulk of them; it's one of those puzzles that we
|
||||||
|
haven't sussed out yet. (And I've actually given it a fair amount of
|
||||||
|
thought.) You'd almost certainly be caught in contemporary fantasy, for
|
||||||
|
which I think there could be no better project than MAGE, Matt Wagner's
|
||||||
|
graphic novel take on unpdating the King Arthur story.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
That said, to your specific questions:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Yes, I've considered it, but not in any great detail. My roots are more
|
||||||
|
in SF than in unicorn-and-fuzzy-footed-elf-and-exiled-princess literature.
|
||||||
|
Thus I don't know if I'd be any good at it.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Who would I suggest? Probably George R.R. Martin. Or Alan Brennert,
|
||||||
|
though he generally tends not to do SF anymore for TV. Michael Cassutt.
|
||||||
|
Bob Crais, if he could be conned into it. Mark Edens. David Gerrold.
|
||||||
|
D.C. Fontana.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I think the rules on making a fantasy show work would be about the same
|
||||||
|
as those I laid out for SF. And yes, I think you'll see several attempts
|
||||||
|
at fantasy on TV over the next decade. Potentially, it could have an even
|
||||||
|
larger base audience than SF, since there isn't as much techspeak or
|
||||||
|
hardware to know going in. It just needs someone to do it right, and do
|
||||||
|
it responsibly from a fiscal perspective.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[When will the third season (hopefully) start airing?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Assuming we're renewed, I'd expect us to start airing third season episodes
|
||||||
|
the same time as last time, in November.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[Will we see more alien-looking aliens?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I have always wanted to see a peersons puppeteer as described by Larry Niven
|
||||||
|
for Example. But any non humanoid with a good complex culture would be fun.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Also, bear in mind that you're hugging the technology curve pretty close
|
||||||
|
here; the more bizarre the alien, the better your tech has got to be to
|
||||||
|
make it *real*, and even more important, to make it convey emotion.
|
||||||
|
If all you want it to do is drool and slobber, then you can make something
|
||||||
|
like ALIENS creatures (oh, yeah, and bite). But if you want to have any
|
||||||
|
kind of conversation with it, that's *tough*. Yoda's nice, but Yoda's a
|
||||||
|
puppet, and there's not much doubt about it (and even with that, it cost
|
||||||
|
them VAST amounts of time and money to get those shots).
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jms
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---
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[How do you do skin and things that are not geometrically regular?]
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Skin is exactly the problem; and the musculature beneath.
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jms
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---
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[What kind of assistance did B5 get from the Minbari? Where's Earthdome?
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How big is the EA? What happened to San Diego? Is Harlan Ellison still
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providing input?]
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1) Mainly financial support, after Babylons 1-4 went south and ate up most
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of the EA budget.
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2) Earthdome is the capital of the Earth Alliance, located in Geneva.
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3) Not including smaller operations, the EA has over 14 colonies and
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worlds in over a dozen solar systems.
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4) San Diego got nuked by terrorists.
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5) Harlan continues to provide as much input as he wants, which is always
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profoundly welcome.
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jms
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---
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[When the heck do you find time to read comics as well as produce/write/etc.
|
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|
B5, spend time online, watch TV, AND read comics?!?!]
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a) No sleep
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b) No life
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c) Massive doses of stupidity
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jms
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---
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|
[Will we see more of B5's hollow interior? What happened to the CD-ROM?]
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Yes to the interior shots; we've seen them before this season, any time
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we're in the Garden area, but we do plan on some big ones later.
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I think once we get going on year 3, we'll be able to push faster on the
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CD-Rom.
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jms
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---
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I'm really rather dismayed that my flame messages have been archived here.
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I don't see any need to contaminate this forum with what happened elsewhere.
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Since they're my words, I would like the file deleted. Thanx.
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jms
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---
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|
This is a very hard message to write, but it has to be said, now, before the
|
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error compounds itself further.
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||||||
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Several weeks ago, a number of us -- me, Claudia, Mira and Michael -- flew
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|
out to Chicago for a "dry run" of sorts for the Big Bang, held at Planet
|
||||||
|
Hollywood. It did not go well; there were many problems behind the scenes,
|
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|
which we worked to keep the fans from seeing: logistical, organizational,
|
||||||
|
and other problems. Our experience was that the whole exercise was poorly
|
||||||
|
run, and there were other concerns raised about
|
||||||
|
how business was being done.
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||||||
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|
||||||
|
Upon returning, I have said very little about the whole event, and sent
|
||||||
|
Tom Christofferson a 4 page fax detailing the items that worried me about
|
||||||
|
how things were being run, and indicated that unless things changed rather
|
||||||
|
dramatically, neither I nor my cast could support this operation, because
|
||||||
|
in the end it was the fans who would be hurt.
|
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|
||||||
|
Subsequent to that came the capper.
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
Tom approached us about licensing a product: high quality leather jackets
|
||||||
|
in rememberance of the Battle of the Line. He requested the original
|
||||||
|
artwork for all the Battle of the Line patches, which we have never given
|
||||||
|
to anyone else. The purpose was to make ONE demo jacket to show to Warners
|
||||||
|
Licensing to show how it would look.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
So you can imagine my dismay when I learned, over this system, in messages
|
||||||
|
posted by others, that he was selling the jackets (which had NOT been
|
||||||
|
licensed) at Vulkon; selling the patches; that he had taken artwork
|
||||||
|
provided for use only as backdrops at the convention and had turned them
|
||||||
|
into posters and was selling the posters. People buying the posters and
|
||||||
|
other material were told, and was even printed on
|
||||||
|
them, that all proceeds were to benefit the Starfury Project, which had
|
||||||
|
never been finalized, no arrangements had been made...buying these items
|
||||||
|
on the assumption that they were contributing to a worthy cause. They
|
||||||
|
weren't.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This is not only a violation of copyright, but a violation of trust, on
|
||||||
|
top of the other concerns we had about the convention. Warner Bros. Legal
|
||||||
|
Affairs is already onto this. We didn't know he was doing this, he had no
|
||||||
|
right to be doing this, and this is, as they say,the straw that breaks the
|
||||||
|
camel's back.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Consequently, we must withdraw all support from this convention; neither
|
||||||
|
I nor anyone else involved with Babylon 5 will attend. If you were
|
||||||
|
planning to attend specifically to see Babylon 5 folks, then I strongly
|
||||||
|
suggest you secure a refund or change your plans.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
All of us here are bitterly disappointed, because until our first trip we
|
||||||
|
had great hopes for this. Primarily, however, we are disappointed and
|
||||||
|
saddened for the fans of the show, who were looking forward to this as
|
||||||
|
much as we were. A lot of people were very excited about it, ourselves
|
||||||
|
included. But once again the theory is proven that sometimes things that
|
||||||
|
look too good to be true often are. It is my feeling that, even the
|
||||||
|
pirating aside, the convention would be a total disaster, and in the end
|
||||||
|
the fans would be the ones hurt by it, and we can't allow that.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
With great regrets....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
J. Michael Straczynski
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[Capt. Maynard in "A Distant Star" is wearing cowboy boots! What happened
|
||||||
|
to Earth, that they need domes? Any plans for posters?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Yeah, the theory was to make Maynard a bit more eccentric.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The Earth isn't in that bad a shape, actually, the domes are sometimes
|
||||||
|
functional but often more metaphoric.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
There will be a new B5 poster done for later this year.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
No TV series has ever gotten a 5 year contract, so I never expected to get
|
||||||
|
one here.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Our budget for year two increased slightly over year one, and will probably
|
||||||
|
increase a bit more in year three (assuming we're go), but not much in any
|
||||||
|
event, with the lion's share of that going toward actors and crews salaries,
|
||||||
|
which is eminently deserved.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We've actually used fewer library shots in year two than in year one,
|
||||||
|
because the techniques for making them have gotten better, and because we
|
||||||
|
tended to use a lot of establishing shots between scenes to help establish
|
||||||
|
where we were in our first year; so we now use fewer transitional shots this
|
||||||
|
year.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[Is the show having trouble getting renewed in some markets?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
No, apparently the show is doing well in most markets, and in most places
|
||||||
|
we're getting better time slots. We are cautiously optimistic.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[Hey, what is this? You're on here BEFORE midnight!]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
It was an oversight. I'll try not to let it happen again.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
The year three title...is classified for the time being.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
[How would you describe the Shadow ships?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
For me, they're spiders.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
"What the hell was that?" is exactly the right reaction. In the B5
|
||||||
|
universe, things have a tendency to blindside you...kinda like life.
|
||||||
|
Congrats on the new convert....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
|
||||||
|
FROM 4/11/95 to 4/30/95
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
"But imagine what Joe could do if he had access to our nation's defense
|
||||||
|
budget."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I dunno...that's one hell of a lot of Ring Ding Jrs.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I mentioned this elsewhere, but I figured I'd note it here as
|
||||||
|
well...... In a few days we will begin shooting the final episode of
|
||||||
|
season two: "The Fall of Night." In terms of action, this is the
|
||||||
|
biggest thing we've ever attempted. Where normally our scripts have
|
||||||
|
50-80 scenes/shots (as noted in numerical sluglines), this one has 134;
|
||||||
|
of which 64 are EFX shots, some in combinations. To understand the
|
||||||
|
weight of that, there were 60 EFX shots in the entire two-hour pilot.
|
||||||
|
In addition, this has more and more *complex* CGI than the first 13
|
||||||
|
episodes of our first season put TOGETHER. Nothing on quite this scale
|
||||||
|
has ever been attempted in series TV before, and the irony is that the
|
||||||
|
major part of this covers only a few minutes in the fourth act.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This stuff is going to involve every one of our EFX divisions,
|
||||||
|
compositing, makeup, prosthetics, costuming, practical effects, mattes,
|
||||||
|
CGI; the visual EFX meeting was the biggest we've ever had, and
|
||||||
|
everyone's both sober and excited. Because there are only two options
|
||||||
|
when you go for something this substantial: either you're going to do
|
||||||
|
something truly amazing, or you're going to massively fall on your
|
||||||
|
face. For our EFX people, this is kinda like boarding the wildest ride
|
||||||
|
at Magic Mountain and leaving off your seatbelt on a dare...it's one
|
||||||
|
hell of a ride, but boy is it dangerous.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
But as Ron Thornton pointed out: no guts, no glory.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This is also going to be a Janet Greek-directed episode, who for
|
||||||
|
various reasons was only available to do our first episode prior to
|
||||||
|
this, but she's kind of our good luck charm, and we wanted someone
|
||||||
|
who's done as much for us as she has to come in here and helm
|
||||||
|
this...because it could probably break a less experienced (on B5)
|
||||||
|
director.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
One last item, unrelated: the month of May is a good one for final
|
||||||
|
conversions. We're going to have some of our strongest episodes during
|
||||||
|
that month, and the first one up in May (second new episode) makes for
|
||||||
|
a very good recap/introduction to the show for newbies. Starting with
|
||||||
|
that one, we're going balls-to-the-wall on the arc from that point on
|
||||||
|
through the rest of the season, with only one exception, which is a
|
||||||
|
very intense episode but in a different way.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Up through "The Coming of Shadows" we were still warming up; with CoS
|
||||||
|
we really hit our stride on the show, and now we're going flat-out from
|
||||||
|
here on out. We stop for nobody.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[What does "our demographics remain extremely good" mean?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Ratings tell you how many people are watching your show. Demographics
|
||||||
|
tell you *who* is watching your show: age, gender, income, that sort of
|
||||||
|
thing. And B5's demographics are quite stellar; we attract a bright,
|
||||||
|
educated, high-class sort of audience.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Why none of them ever show up here is anyone's guess.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jm(it's a joke, I swear, it's a joke)s
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[In a recently published viewing figures for week ending April 2 in
|
||||||
|
Britain, B5 was in Channel 4's top 30 shows. It hit #27 with 2.07
|
||||||
|
million viewers.]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
That's good to know, thanks.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Delenn *was* to be a male in the pilot. We changed the one "he" in a
|
||||||
|
voice-over to "she," and left her voice as was, rather than changing
|
||||||
|
it. I just wasn't happy with the voice- change.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[I'd like to see just how the fighters get from the docking port
|
||||||
|
opening back to the cobra bays.]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
In "Survivors," we showed the furies being lowered down into the bays
|
||||||
|
for recharge, then replacement into the hangar.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[What's the difference between Earth Alliance, Earth Force, and Earth
|
||||||
|
Dome?]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Earth Alliance is the government that encompasses all the colonies
|
||||||
|
we've settled, other protectorates, plus Earth.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Earthforce is the military arm of the Earth Alliance.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Earthdome is the seat of EA government, located in Geneva.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[ *How* is Earthdome in Geneva? Its an obvious place for a world
|
||||||
|
capital, but last time I was there (10 yrs ago) there wouldn't have
|
||||||
|
been room for even a small parliament-type building - except in the
|
||||||
|
lake. <g>]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Amazing what a few wrecking balls and an absolute disdain for matters
|
||||||
|
historical can do for urban renewal....
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[Those of us that follow B-5 closely would like to know if anything
|
||||||
|
might be in the planning stage. All of us are asking for information
|
||||||
|
about anyone who might have one of these <fake Big Bang> Jackets.]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Thanks. This is a real problem, but I don't feel comfortable making
|
||||||
|
fans feel responsible for tracking down and reporting this stuff; I
|
||||||
|
don't think it's appropriate to ask that, or expect that.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
For my part, while the pirated jackets, patches and other material are
|
||||||
|
real issues for us, oddly enough the one I'm most troubled by are the
|
||||||
|
posters, made from B5 artwork. The posters say that all profits go to
|
||||||
|
"Project Starfury," a supposed charity *that does not exist*. The idea
|
||||||
|
that people are buying these things, believing they were supporting B5
|
||||||
|
and/or a charitable cause, when it wasn't true, just burns the hell out
|
||||||
|
of me.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I understand there are currently discussions between cast members and
|
||||||
|
some other fan- run cons in the midwest, so with luck there may be some
|
||||||
|
more apperances in that area.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
There have been long and agonizing discussions about the whole Big Bang
|
||||||
|
issue in- house. The greatest concern is with the realization, made
|
||||||
|
after the prior announcement, that many people had bought
|
||||||
|
non-refundable airline tickets, and might be unable to secure refunds
|
||||||
|
for VIP tickets. Several of the cast members, though very concerned
|
||||||
|
about how the con was being run, were equally concerned about the fans
|
||||||
|
who might get burned. We've talked about this at length over the last
|
||||||
|
week or so, and though the concerns remain, they feel that it's
|
||||||
|
important to do all they can to make sure that the interests of the
|
||||||
|
fans are protected.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Personally, I share with many of them these grave concerns. They know
|
||||||
|
the risks, but have decided to go in, in order to show their open
|
||||||
|
concern for the fans. Because those involved with this convention have
|
||||||
|
infringed our copyrights and otherwise misled us, Babylonian
|
||||||
|
Productions cannot in any way sanction the convention, and because of
|
||||||
|
our concerns, will not provide any support in any way because, frankly,
|
||||||
|
it's been misused before, and we cannot risk this happening again.
|
||||||
|
Consequently, I will not and can not attend, as that would amount to an
|
||||||
|
endorsement by B5. The actors are free agents, and can take this
|
||||||
|
chance independently; they are not representatives of the company.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We have outlined to them steps to take to protect their interests, and
|
||||||
|
those of the fans. I have to say that I'm amazed and stunned by their
|
||||||
|
willingness to take a chance on something that has already burned many
|
||||||
|
of us here, and to do so for the sake of those attending. Most casts
|
||||||
|
wouldn't do this. I *very* much hope that those involved with this
|
||||||
|
convention fully understand the degree to which they are on probation
|
||||||
|
and keep everything above-board, because we're going to be watching
|
||||||
|
with *extreme* attention.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Though I cannot take part in Big Bang, I am currently concluding
|
||||||
|
discussions with Chicago ComicCon to appear there a week later, at my
|
||||||
|
own expense, no fees, for any Chicago B5 viewers who might want to say
|
||||||
|
hello.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
(This post may be copied freely to other services.)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[What your usual requirments are to attend cons? I work with
|
||||||
|
InConJunction in Indianapolis. I would like to sugest you to the Chair
|
||||||
|
as a GoH at a future InCon.]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Whatever your usual GoH's get is probably more than fine; the main
|
||||||
|
determining factor is time and schedule.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
jms
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[At the time, I was wondering why you were lurking around the edges of
|
||||||
|
things (during the discussions, and afterwards) with a highly
|
||||||
|
suspicious look in your eye.]
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
I was kind of hoping that my expression at the Planet Hollywood thing
|
||||||
|
didn't betray what was going on behind the scenes; it appears I was
|
||||||
|
wrong. My sense is that the audience (stage, film, gathering) should
|
||||||
|
never have to know what's going on behind the scenes, it should just go
|
||||||
|
well, no excuses.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The worst of it was during the teaser, when not one word of the show
|
||||||
|
could be heard, and I was in the back, yelling at the sound guy, then
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the general manager, to fix it, that fans had paid good money to come
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here and see this episode, and by god they were GOING to see it or
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somebody was going to be minus a limb. And later, the nonsense with no
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microphone being available, and everybody having to shout to be heard
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over the music from the rest of the club, and fans on the fringe not
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being able to hear *anything*...I was furious beyond the telling. But
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I always tried to cover it up when approached, because that's my
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problem, not the fans' problem, and they deserved the best night
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possible. Next time I'll work harder at curbing my face.
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jms
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The information you were told does not touch reality at any two
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contiguous points. "Tom claims that he merely sold (the jackets) 9
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days earlier than he was authorized...(and) insisted that he had
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approval to sell them just 9 days later."
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This is, flatly, a lie. No license agreement whatsoever had been
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entered into between him and Warners. No meetings had taken place
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between those two. No authorization of ANY kind had been given.
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Warners was not even aware of the jackets until it came out that he was
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selling them.
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"Tom also claims that he showed JMS all of the artwork/patches he
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prepared and claimed witnesses to support his contention."
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True. We provided him with artwork to make sample patches for THE DEMO
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ONLY, which he said he was going to show to Warner Bros. as indication
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of the promised quality of the final product. He showed them to me,
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and I repeated to him that these were ONLY for the demo, nothing else.
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He agreed, and made quite a big deal out of the fact that he was
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keeping them secret, showing no one else. They were not for sale, he
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agreed. And, subsequently, sold them.
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Re: fines and charges...Warners is still investigating the problem, and
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may very well bring further charges.
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"(Tom) gave me the name and phone number of the person in charge of the
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Star Fury project who would (allegedly) confirm where the proceeds
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would go."
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I would be very interested in knowing who this person is, because there
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IS no Starfury project. If someone says he is involved with any such
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project, this person is either directly lying, misinformed, or engaging
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in deliberate fraud. Where the money was going is one issue currently
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being investigated; the other is stating that there WAS a Project
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Starfury, and putting this information on posters, to make it look like
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a charitable function, when no such entity existed, or had been
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approved.
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If you have this information, please give it to me so that I can pass
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it along to Warner Bros. Legal Affairs. We have now heard from several
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people who have been told about this supposed "Project Starfury," and
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who have donated resources for it, even as late as last week, without
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ever being told that this does not exist.
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There is no such thing as Tom's side of the story, given that the
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issues at hand are matters of record. No agreement whatsoever existed
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between Warners and his company at ANY time. Ever. Never entered
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into, never negotiated, never even had a MEETING with Warner Bros. If
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he says he had approval, let him produce the document, because there is
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always a signed document giving approval. It's that simple. Major
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studios don't just say over the phone, "Oh, sure, Tom, go ahead, we'll
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get the paperwork on this later." Deals are signed, and exchanged.
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So either Tom can produce this document, or he can't. If he can't,
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he's lying. This is a simple equation.
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jms
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We were approached by CMC about Project Starfury, and they had spoken
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with Louise Kleba about this as well. The notion of building a working
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Starfury was appealing, but we wanted to know exactly what was being
|
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discussed.
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In Chicago, in a meeting, Louise talked about the technical aspects,
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then Tom got into the financial aspects, which were *very* fuzzy and
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very unclear. What sounded on the one hand as a scientific endeavor
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suddenly was being presented as a money-making venture for CMC, making
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rides. There was no really clear plan of action, and at that meeting,
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I said that this was all very interesting, but it didn't all add up. I
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emphasized that before anyone could endorse this project, we would have
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to receive a *detailed* business plan. We had come there under the
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assumption that we were looking at a scientific exploration of the
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issue; what we left with was the sense that this was going to be a
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private, money-making venture. Either way, it was made ABSOLUTELY
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clear that there was no deal in place, that there were some real
|
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concerns, and this was a very problematic issue.
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(Louise, btw, is a separate issue; she and her associates would like to
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see a Starfury someday, but my sense is that they were kind of taken
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advantage of in this.)
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Next thing I knew, I get a fraudulent poster in my hands with a
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notation on the thing saying ALL PROFITS GO TO PROJECT STARFURY.
|
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|
Again, at that point there was no such project, there IS no such
|
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project, and you cannot legally promote a private venture as a
|
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charitable cause.
|
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|
I'm sure that Louise and her associates in the space program will
|
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|
continue to promote the idea of a working Starfury, but that is totally
|
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|
separate and apart from CMC's "Project Starfury," which doesn't exist.
|
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jms
|
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[I just got a catalog from 800-TREKKER today. Are their B5 t-shirts and
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caps licensed?]
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I believe that that material is licensed, yes.
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jms
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|
Last episode's going great. We wrap tomorrow afternoon. (We shot an
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extra day for the first time because there's *so* much heavy EFX work
|
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in this thing.)
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jms
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[So, with "There all the Honor Lies," is Sheridan on his way down the
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well, or is he still teetering precipitously on the edge?]
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Sheridan really starts down the well in about two more weeks.
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